Knockanally railway station

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Knockanally
The line in 1906
Location
Place Martinstown, County Antrim
Area County Antrim
Operations
Original company Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Pre-grouping Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Post-grouping Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
History
5 April 1886 Station opens
1 July 1920 Renamed Martinstown
1 October 1930 Station closes
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Knockanally railway station, later known as Martinstown 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.

On 1 July 1920 it was renamed Martinstown.

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930.

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

References

  • Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
  • 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687. 

Coordinates: 54°57′45″N 6°13′34″W / 54.962636°N 6.226158°W / 54.962636; -6.226158

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