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Ballyclare Junction railway station

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Place
  
Ballyclare

Area
  
County Antrim

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Pre-grouping
  
Belfast and Northern Counties Railway

Post-grouping
  
Ulster Transport Authority

1 February 1849
  
Station opens as Ballynure

1 October 1858
  
Station renamed to Ballynure Road

Original company
  
Northern Counties Committee

Ballyclare Junction railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Belfast to Ballymena in Northern Ireland. Despite the name, the physical junction for the branch line to Ballyclare was located a short distance along the line in the Antrim direction, at Kingsbog Junction.

History

The station was opened as Ballynure Road by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 1 February 1849. It was renamed Ballynure Junction on 3 November 1884.

The station closed to passengers on 4 December 1961.

References

Ballyclare Junction railway station Wikipedia