Ballyclare | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Ballyclare, 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 |
Years1: | 1 October 1930 |
Events1: | Station closes |
Ballyclare railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.
The station was opened 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.
The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930.
The site of the station is where the Modern Tyres in now located. A shed in their yard was said to be a rebuild of the old railway shed.