Ballynoe railway station (County Down)

Ballynoe
Ballynoe railway station (disused) and remains of platform, September 2009
Location
Place	Ballynoe
Area	County Down
Operations
Original company	Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
History
8 July 1892	Station opens
16 January 1950	Station closes
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Ballynoe railway station (County Down) was on the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, which ran from Downpatrick to Ardglass in Northern Ireland.

History

Opened by the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, it became part of the Belfast and County Down Railway. The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority.

The site today

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Downpatrick Racecourse Platform		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Ardglass		Bright Halt

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°17′19″N 5°43′11″W / 54.288652°N 5.719736°W / 54.288652; -5.719736

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