Randalstown railway station
Appearance
Randalstown | |
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General information | |
Location | County Antrim |
Coordinates | 54°45′00″N 6°18′44″W / 54.7499°N 6.3123°W |
Owned by | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
Managed by | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
Line(s) | Belfast and Ballymena Railway |
Key dates | |
11 April 1848 | Station opens |
28 August 1950 | Station closes |
Randalstown railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland.
History
The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 11 April 1848.[1] The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon.[2]
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.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Cookstown Junction | Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown Junction-Cookstown |
Staffordstown |
References
- ^ "Staffordstown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
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