Capecastle Explained

Capecastle or Cape Castle is a small village and townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, between Armoy and Ballycastle. It is part of the Causeway Coast and Glens district.

Transport

Capecastle railway station opened on 1 February 1882, closed for goods traffic in 1927, and finally closed altogether on 3 July 1950.[1] It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway which ran for 17 miles connecting Ballycastle to Ballymoney, on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to Derry.[2]

Capecastle is served by buses running along the A44 Magheramore Road, with stops at the junction with Islandarragh Road.

References

  1. Web site: Capecastle station . Railscot - Irish Railways . 2007-10-27.
  2. Book: Baker, Michael HC . Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past. Ian Allan Publishing. 1999 . 0-7110-2680-7 .

See also

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