Rathkenny railway station
Appearance
Rathkenny | |
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General information | |
Location | Rathkenny, County Antrim Northern Ireland |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway |
Pre-grouping | Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway |
Post-grouping | Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway |
Key dates | |
5 April 1886 | Station opens |
1 October 1930 | Station closes |
Rathkenny railway station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
History
[edit]The station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway route and opened by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway on 5 April 1886, which had taken ownership in October 1884.
The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Ballycloughan | Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway Ballymena-Retreat |
Clough Road |
References
[edit]- Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
- Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
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