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Killagan railway station served the villages of
Bellaghy Bellaghy () is a village in County Derry, Northern Ireland. It lies north west of Lough Neagh and about 5 miles north east of Magherafelt. In the centre of the village (known locally as The Diamond) three main roads lead to Magherafelt, Port ...
and Killagan 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 o ...
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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 ...
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History

The station was opened as Bellaghy 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 £2 ...
on 4 December 1855. It was 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 January 1861. It was renamed Killagan on 1 January 1876. The signal box at Killagan was destroyed in 1921 and again in 1957 during periods of civil disturbance.The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 The station closed to passengers on 2 July 1973.


References

Disused railway stations in County Antrim Railway stations in Northern Ireland closed in 1973 1855 establishments in Ireland 1973 disestablishments in Northern Ireland Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1855 {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub