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Dunloy railway station

Coordinates: 55°00′55″N 6°24′09″W / 55.0153°N 6.4025°W / 55.0153; -6.4025
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Dunloy
General information
LocationCounty Antrim
Coordinates55°00′55″N 6°24′09″W / 55.0153°N 6.4025°W / 55.0153; -6.4025
Owned byNorthern Ireland Railways
Managed byBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Line(s)Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway
Key dates
1 July 1856Station opens
17 October 1976Station closes

Dunloy railway station served the village of Dunloy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 1 July 1856.[1] It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in January 1861.

The signal box at Dunloy was destroyed in 1921 and again in 1957 during periods of civil disturbance.[2]

The station closed to passengers on 17 October 1976

There have been calls to reopen the station at Dunloy.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Cullybackey style="background:#Template:NIRColor; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
style="background:#Template:NIRColor; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Ballymoney
  Historical railways  
Killagan
Line open, station closed
  Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Coleraine and
Portrush Junction Railway

Ballymena-Portrush
  Ballymoney
Line and station open

References

  1. ^ "Dunloy station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984