Ballycastle railway station

Ballycastle
The line in 1906
Location
Area	County Antrim
Operations
Original company	Ballycastle Railway
Pre-grouping	Ballycastle Railway
Post-grouping	Ballycastle Railway
History
18 October 1880	Station opens
3 July 1950	Station closes
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Ballycastle railway station was on the Ballycastle Railway which ran from Ballymoney to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballycastle Railway on 18 October 1880. It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee on 4 May 1924.

Under the terms of the Transport Act 1947 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the Northern Counties Committee parent company, was nationalised by the British Government on 1 January 1948. The Northern Counties Committee (and the Ballycastle Railway) was thus briefly owned by the British Transport Commission. This was only a temporary measure and in 1949 the NCC was transferred to the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) – owned by the Government of Northern Ireland.

The station closed to passengers on 3 July 1950.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Capecastle		Ballycastle Railway Ballymoney-Ballycastle		Terminus