Ballymoney railway station explained

Ballymoney
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ni
Address:Ballymoney
Country:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:55.0667°N -6.5139°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Years:4 December 1855
Events:Opened
Years1:1901-1902
Events1:Rebuilt
Years2:1990
Events2:Refurbished
Years3:2008
Events3:Refurbished
Owned:NI Railways
Operator:NI Railways
Map Type:Northern Ireland
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
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Ballymoney railway station serves the town of Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

Ballymoney station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855.

The station was rebuilt between 1901 and 1902 to designs by Berkeley Deane Wise in a Cottage style. The cast ironwork forming the station canopy was provided by MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry of Glasgow, and the cast iron footbridge was provided by the Sun Foundry of George Smith and Company in Glasgow.

Goods traffic was ceased on Monday 4 January 1965.

The station was also the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Ballycastle Railway, which closed in 1950.

Service

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to and an hourly service to . The last train of the day terminates at

On Sundays an hourly service operates to Belfast Lanyon Place. In the other direction all services are alternate every hour between Derry~Londonderry and Portrush except for the last outbound train of the evening, which terminates at Coleraine.