Ballyboley Junction railway station was the junction for the branch line to

Doagh Doagh ( ; ) is a village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is in the Six Mile Water Valley, about two miles south-west of Ballyclare, and had a population of 1,388 people in the 2011 census. It is known as ''Doach'' in Scots. ...

via Ballyclare (B&L) in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

History

The station was opened as Ballyclare Junction by the

Ballymena and Larne Railway The Ballymena and Larne Railway was a narrow gauge railway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The first part opened in July 1877 and regular passenger services began in August 1878, the first on the Irish gauge railways. Passenger services ende ...

on 24 August 1878. It was taken over by the

Belfast and Northern Counties Railway The Northern Counties Committee (NCC) was a railway that served the north-east of Ireland. It was built to Irish gauge () but later acquired a number of narrow gauge lines. It had its origins in the Belfast and Ballymena Railway that opened t ...

in July 1889. This was in turn taken over by the

Northern Counties Committee The Northern Counties Committee (NCC) was a railway that served the north-east of Ireland. It was built to Irish gauge () but later acquired a number of narrow gauge lines. It had its origins in the Belfast and Ballymena Railway that opened to ...

in 1906. It was renamed Ballyboley Junction on 1 January 1890. The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930.

References

* * * Disused railway stations in County Antrim Railway stations opened in 1887 Railway stations closed in 1933 {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub