Cargan | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Cargan, County Antrim |
Country: | Northern Ireland |
Original: | Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway |
Pregroup: | Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway |
Postgroup: | Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway |
Years: | 1 July 1889 |
Events: | Station opens |
Years1: | 1 October 1930 |
Events1: | Station closes |
Cargan railway station served the local mines and the village of Cargan and was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
The station was opened by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway on 1 July 1889, which had taken ownership in October 1884.
The station connected to the local ironstone and bauxite mines via the Crommelin Mineral Tramway. The ore was then transported by rail to Ballymena and thence to Larne for shipment.[1]
The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930.