Place Balleyboley | Area County Antrim | |
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Pre-grouping Ballymena and Larne Railway Post-grouping Ballymena and Larne Railway 24 August 1878 Station opens as Ballyclare Junction 1 January 1890 Renamed Balleyboley Junction Original company Ballymena and Larne Railway People also search for Ballynashee railway station, Kilwaughter Halt railway station, Headwood railway station | ||
Ballyclare Junction railway station later known as Balleyboley Junction railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.
History
The station was opened as Ballyclare Junction by the Ballymena and Larne Railway on 24 August 1878. It was taken over by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in July 1889. This was in turn taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in 1906.
It was renamed Balleyboley Junction on 1 January 1890.
The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1933.
References
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