Randalstown railway station explained

Randalstown
Status:Disused
Address:Station Road
Borough:Randalstown, County Antrim
Country:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:54.7499°N -6.3123°W
Original:Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pregroup:Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Postgroup:Northern Counties Committee
Years:11 April 1848
Events:Station opens
Years1:10 November 1856
Events1:Station relocated for Cookstown extension
Years2:28 August 1950
Events2:Station closes to passengers
Years3:1 October 1959
Events3:Station closes

Randalstown railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway's Cookstown branch line, which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 11 April 1848.[1] The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon.[2]

The station was moved and re-opened slightly south on 10 November 1856 when the line was extended to Cookstown.

The line 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: Staffordstown 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