Killagan railway station

Killagan railway station served the villages of Bellaghy and Killagan in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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
LocationCounty Antrim
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°59′03″N 6°22′07″W / 54.9841°N 6.3685°W / 54.9841; -6.3685
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBallymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-groupingNorthern Ireland Railways
Key dates
4 December 1855Station opens as Bellaghy
1 January 1876Station renamed Killagan
2 July 1973Station closes

History

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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.

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

Ballymena-Portrush
  Dunloy
Line open, station closed

References

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