Ballyboley Junction railway station

Ballyboley Junction
General information
Location	County Antrim
Owned by	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Managed by	Ballymena and Larne Railway
History
Original company	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Key dates
24 August 1878	Station opens as Ballyclare Junction
1 January 1890	Renamed Balleyboley Junction
31 January 1933	Station closes

Ballyclare Junction railway station later known as Balleyboley Junction railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened as Ballyclare Junction by the Ballymena and Larne Railway on 24 August 1878. It was taken over by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in July 1889. This was in turn taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in 1906.

It was renamed Balleyboley Junction on 1 January 1890.

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1933.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ballynashee		Ballymena and Larne Railway Ballymena-Larne		Headwood
Ballynure		Ballymena and Larne Railway Doagh-Larne		Headwood

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.