Capecastle

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Capecastle (Ceap Caisteil in Irish) is a small village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Armoy and Ballycastle.

[edit] Transport

Capecastle railway station opened on 1 February 1882, closed for goods traffic in 1927, and finally closed altogether on 3 July 1950.[1] It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway which ran for 17 miles connecting Ballycastle to Ballymoney, on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to Derry.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Capecastle station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
  2. ^ Baker, Michael HC (1999). Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2680-7. 

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