Ballymoney railway station

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Ballymoney
Logomark NI Railways.svg
Ballymoney railway station in 2004.jpg
General information
Location Ballymoney
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 55°4′0″N6°30′50″W / 55.06667°N 6.51389°W / 55.06667; -6.51389
Owned by NI Railways
Operated by NI Railways
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
4 December 1855Opened
1901-1902Rebuilt
1990Refurbished
2008Refurbished
Location
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Ballymoney
Location within Northern Ireland
Ballymoney railway station

Ballymoney railway station serves the town of Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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History

Ballymoney station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855.

The station was rebuilt between 1901 and 1902 to designs by Berkeley Deane Wise in a Cottage style. The cast ironwork forming the station canopy was provided by MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry of Glasgow, and the cast iron footbridge was provided by the Sun Foundry of George Smith and Company in Glasgow.

Goods traffic was ceased on Monday 4 January 1965.[ citation needed ]

The station was also the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Ballycastle Railway, which closed in 1950.

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Station interior
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Platform 1
Ballymoney Station on 2 July 1983

Service

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to Great Victoria Street and an hourly service to Derry~Londonderry. The last train of the day terminates at Coleraine

On Sundays an hourly service operates to Great Victoria street. In the other direction all services are alternate every hour between Derry~Londonderry and Portrush except for the last outbound train of the evening, which terminates at Coleraine.

Preceding station  Logomark NI Railways.svg Northern Ireland Railways  Following station
Cullybackey   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry Line
  Coleraine
  Historical railways  
Terminus  Ballycastle Railway
Ballymoney-Ballycastle
  Dervock
Line and station closed
Dunloy
Line open, station closed
  Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Coleraine and
Portrush Junction Railway

Ballymena-Portrush
  Macfin
Line open, station closed

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