Rathkenny railway station

Rathkenny
General information
Location	County Antrim
Owned by	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Managed by	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Line(s)	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Key dates
5 April 1886	Station opens
1 October 1930	Station closes

Rathkenny railway station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway route and opened by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway on 5 April 1886, which had taken ownership in October 1884.

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ballycloughan		Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway Ballymena-Retreat		Clough Road

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.