Randalstown railway station
Appearance
Randalstown | |
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![]() Randalstown railway viaduct on the former Northern Counties Committee line. | |
General information | |
Location | Randalstown, County Antrim Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54°45′00″N 6°18′44″W / 54.7499°N 6.3123°W |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Belfast and Ballymena Railway |
Pre-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
Post-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "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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