Capecastle | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | County Antrim |
Country: | Northern Ireland |
Original: | Ballycastle Railway |
Pregroup: | Ballycastle Railway |
Postgroup: | Ballycastle Railway |
Years: | 1 February 1882 |
Events: | Station opens |
Years1: | 3 July 1950 |
Events1: | Station closes |
Capecastle railway station was on the Ballycastle Railway which ran from Ballymoney to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland.
The station was opened by the Ballycastle Railway on 1 February 1882. It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee on 4 May 1924.
Under the terms of the Transport Act 1947 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the Northern Counties Committee parent company, was nationalised by the British Government on 1 January 1948. The Northern Counties Committee (and the Ballycastle Railway) was thus briefly owned by the British Transport Commission. This was only a temporary measure and in 1949 the NCC was transferred to the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) – owned by the Government of Northern Ireland.
The station closed to passengers on 3 July 1950.