Killagan railway station served the villages of Bellaghy and Killagan in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Killagan | |
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General information | |
Location | County Antrim Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54°59′03″N 6°22′07″W / 54.9841°N 6.3685°W |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
Post-grouping | Northern Ireland Railways |
Key dates | |
4 December 1855 | Station opens as Bellaghy |
1 January 1876 | Station renamed Killagan |
2 July 1973 | Station closes |
History
editThe 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.
References
edit- ^ "Killagan station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
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