Ballyboley Junction | |
Native Name: | Ballyclare Junction |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Junction Rd., Ballybracken, County Antrim |
Country: | Northern Ireland |
Original: | Ballymena and Larne Railway |
Pregroup: | Ballymena and Larne Railway |
Postgroup: | Ballymena and Larne Railway |
Years: | 24 August 1878 |
Events: | Station opens as Ballyclare Junction |
Years1: | 1 January 1890 |
Events1: | Renamed Ballyboley Junction |
Years2: | 1 October 1930 |
Events2: | Passenger closure |
Years3: | 3 June 1940 |
Events3: | Goods and final closure |
Ballyboley Junction railway station was the junction for the branch line to Doagh via Ballyclare (B&L) in Northern Ireland.
The station was opened as Ballyclare Junction by the Ballymena and Larne Railway on 24 August 1878. It was taken over by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in July 1889. This was in turn taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in 1906.
It was renamed Ballyboley Junction on 1 January 1890.
The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930.