Randalstown railway station was on the
Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from
Cookstown Junction
Cookstown Junction railway station served the townland of Drumsough outside Randalstown in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was a single island platform at the junction of the Cookstown extension to Magherafelt, Cookstown, Draperstown and ...
to
Cookstown in
Northern Ireland
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History
The station was opened by the
Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 11 April 1848. The station buildings were designed by the architect
Charles Lanyon
Sir Charles Lanyon DL, JP (6 January 1813 – 31 May 1889) was an English architect of the 19th century. His work is most closely associated with Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Biography
Lanyon was born in Eastbourne, Sussex (now East Sussex) in ...
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[The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984]
The station was moved and re-opened on 10 November 1856 when the line was extended to
Cookstown.
The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.
References
Disused railway stations in County Antrim
Railway stations opened in 1848
Railway stations closed in 1950
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Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1848