Monkstown railway station (also known as Monkstown Halt) served the village of Monkstown 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 ...

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 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 to ...

on 1 July 1905. It closed along with the rest of the - line in 1978, but re-opened again for a short period in 1980 when -Antrim stopping services were resumed. The station closed to passengers on 21 February 1981 when the line was once again mothballed. The line has since re-opened in 2001, however Monkstown station has remained closed.

References

Disused railway stations in County Antrim Railway stations opened in 1905 Railway stations closed in 1981 1905 establishments in Ireland Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in the 1900s Railway stations in Northern Ireland closed in 1981 {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub