Magherafelt railway station explained

Magherafelt
Status:Disused
Borough:Station Road, Magherafelt, County Londonderry
Country:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:54.7606°N -6.605°W
Platform:2
Architect:Charles Lanyon
Original:Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Derry Central Railway
Draperstown Railway
Pregroup:Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Postgroup:Northern Counties Committee
Years:10 November 1856
Events:Station opens
Years1:28 August 1950
Events1:Station closes to passengers
Years2:1 October 1959
Events2:Station closes to goods

Magherafelt railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 10 November 1856 when they extended their Randalstown branch line to Cookstown.[1] In 1860 the BBR became the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), which would go on to be absorbed by the Midland Railway in 1903, becoming the Northern Counties Committee (NCC). The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon.[2]

It was closed to passengers by the Ulster Transport Authority on 28 August 1950 and to goods on 1 October 1959.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Magherafelt station . Railscot - Irish Railways . 2012-04-29.
  2. The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984