Gracehill railway station explained

Gracehill
Status:Disused
Borough:County Antrim
Country:Northern Ireland
Original:Ballycastle Railway
Pregroup:Ballycastle Railway
Postgroup:Ballycastle Railway
Years:1 December 1890
Events:Station opens
Years1:3 July 1950
Events1:Station closes

Gracehill railway station was on the Ballycastle Railway which ran from Ballymoney to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballycastle Railway on 1 December 1890. 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.

References

55.1341°N -6.3758°W