Ballymacarrett railway station

Ballymacarrett
Ballymacarrett
General information
Location	Belfast City
Owned by	Northern Ireland Railways
Platforms	2
Key dates
1905	Station opened
1977	Station closed

Ballymacarrett railway station (also known as Ballymacarrett halt) was a railway halt that served the townland of Ballymacarrett in east Belfast.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 01 May 1905^[1] and was the first stop on the branch line to Bangor.

Following the closure of the Queen's Quay terminus in 1976, and the reconnection of the Bangor Line to the Newry Line via Belfast Central, Ballymacarrett station was closed on 09 May 1977 and replaced by the nearby Bridge End station, which was renamed "Titanic Quarter" in 2012.

Service

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Queen's Quay	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-Bangor	style="background:#Template:NIRColor; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" \|	Victoria Park
	Historical railways
Queen's Quay Line and station closed.		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Holywood-Bangor		Victoria Park Line open, station closed.

References

^ "Ballymacarrett" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-28.

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[1] "Ballymacarrett" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-28.

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