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Dunloy railway station

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Place
  
1 July 1856
  
Station opens

17 October 1976
  
Station closes

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Pre-grouping
  
Belfast and Northern Counties Railway

Post-grouping
  

Dunloy railway station served the village of Dunloy in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 1 July 1856. It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in January 1861.

The signal box at Dunloy was destroyed in 1921 and again in 1957 during periods of civil disturbance.

The station closed to passengers on 17 October 1976

There have been calls to reopen the station at Dunloy.

References

Dunloy railway station Wikipedia


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