Ballymoney railway station serves the town of
Ballymoney
Ballymoney ( ga, Baile Monaidh , meaning 'townland of the moor') is a small town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is within the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. The civil parish of Ballymoney is situated i ...
in
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population ...
, Northern Ireland.
History
Ballymoney station was opened by the
Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway
The Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway was an Irish gauge () in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
History
The railway was established under the chairmanship of the Rt Hon Hugh Seymour, with an authorised capital of £20 ...
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.
The station was also the southern terminus of the narrow gauge
Ballycastle Railway
Ballycastle Railway was a narrow gauge railway line which ran from Ballycastle to Ballymoney, both in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
History
Ballycastle Railway opened in October 1880 and ran from Ballymoney, on the Belfast and Northern ...
, which closed in 1950.
Service
On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to and an hourly service to . The last train of the day terminates at
On Sundays an hourly service operates to Great Victoria street. In the other direction all services are alternate every hour between Londonderry and
Portrush
Portrush () is a small seaside resort town on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It neighbours the resort of Portstewart. The main part of the old town, including the railway station as well as most hotels, restaurants and bars, ...
except for the last outbound train of the evening, which terminates at Coleraine.
References
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Railway stations in County Antrim
Railway stations opened in 1855
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1855 establishments in Ireland
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