Toome Bridge railway station

Toome Bridge
Spanning time without a span, with the former railway bridge over the River Bann.
General information
Location	Station Park Toome, County Antrim Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°45′12″N6°27′41″W / 54.7533°N 6.4615°W / 54.7533; -6.4615
Other information
Status	Demolished
History
Original company	Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping	Northern Counties Committee
Key dates
10 November 1856	Station opens
28 August 1950	Station closes to passengers
1 October 1959	Station closes
Location

Toome Bridge railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway's Cookstown branch line, which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland. Located in Toome in County Antrim on the River Bann with County Londonderry across the river.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 10 November 1856. ^[1] The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon. ^[2]

The line was closed to passengers by the Ulster Transport Authority on 28 August 1950 and to goods on 1 October 1959.

Routes

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Staffordstown		Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown Junction-Cookstown		Castledawson

References

1. "Toome Bridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
2. The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984