Dunloy railway station

Dunloy

The remains of Dunloy station photographed on 17 March 1982
Location
Place Dunloy
Area County Antrim
Coordinates 55°00′55″N 6°24′09″W / 55.0153°N 6.4025°W / 55.0153; -6.4025Coordinates: 55°00′55″N 6°24′09″W / 55.0153°N 6.4025°W / 55.0153; -6.4025
Operations
Original company Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Northern Ireland Railways
History
1 July 1856 Station opens
17 October 1976 Station closes
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Dunloy railway station served the village of Dunloy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 1 July 1856.[1] It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in January 1861.

The signal box at Dunloy was destroyed in 1921 and again in 1957 during periods of civil disturbance.[2]

The station closed to passengers on 17 October 1976

There have been calls to reopen the station at Dunloy.

Preceding station NI Railways Northern Ireland Railways Following station
Cullybackey   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry		   Ballymoney
Historical railways
Killagan
Line open, station closed		   Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Coleraine and
Portrush Junction Railway
Ballymena-Portrush		   Ballymoney
Line and station open

References

  1. ↑ "Dunloy station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  2. ↑ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
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