Area County Antrim | 2 July 1973 Station closes | |
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Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Post-grouping Northern Ireland Railways 4 December 1855 Station opens as Bellaghy 1 January 1876 Station renamed Killagan Original company Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Similar Glarryford railway station, Dhu Varren railway station, Bellarena railway station, Yorkgate railway station, Belfast Great Victoria S | ||
Killagan railway station served the villages of Bellaghy and Killagan in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
History
The station was opened as Bellaghy by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855. It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in January 1861.
It was renamed Killagan on 1 January 1876.
The signal box at Killagan was destroyed in 1921 and again in 1957 during periods of civil disturbance.
The station closed to passengers on 2 July 1973.
References
Killagan railway station Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA