Killagan railway station
Killagan | |
|---|---|
 Killagan Station as viewed on 3 January 1996, the main station building has been removed, but the goods shed which was attached to the station, is still in use as a farmers storage shed. | |
| General information | |
| Location | County Antrim Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 54°59′03″N 6°22′07″W / 54.9841°N 6.3685°W |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
| Post-grouping | Northern Ireland Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 4 December 1855 | Station opens as Bellaghy |
| 1 January 1876 | Station renamed Killagan |
| 2 July 1973 | Station closes |
Killagan railway station served the villages of Bellaghy and Killagan in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
History
[edit]The station was opened as Bellaghy by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855.[1] It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in January 1861.
It was renamed Killagan on 1 January 1876.
The signal box at Killagan was destroyed in 1921 and again in 1957 during periods of civil disturbance.[2]
The station closed to passengers on 2 July 1973.
References
[edit]- ^ "Killagan 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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