Ballymacarrett railway station (also known as Ballymacarrett halt) was a railway halt that served the townland of

Ballymacarrett Ballymacarrett or Ballymacarret () is the name of both a townland and electoral ward in Belfast. The townland is in County Down and the electoral ward is part of the Titanic district electoral area of Belfast City Council. The ward was create ...

in east Belfast.

History

The station was opened by the

Belfast and County Down Railway The Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR) was an Irish gauge () railway in Ireland (later Northern Ireland) linking Belfast with County Down. It was built in the 19th century and absorbed into the Ulster Transport Authority in 1948. All but th ...

on 1 May 1905 and was the first stop on the branch line to . Following the closure of the terminus in 1976, and the reconnection of the Bangor Line to the Newry Line via , Ballymacarrett station was closed on 9 May 1977 and replaced by the nearby Bridge End station, which was renamed "" in 2012.

Service

References

Disused railway stations in County Down Disused railway stations in Belfast Railway stations opened in 1905 Railway stations closed in 1977 1905 establishments in Ireland 1977 disestablishments in Northern Ireland Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in the 20th century {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub