Dunloy railway station

55°00′55″N 6°24′09″W / 55.0153°N 6.4025°W / 55.0153; -6.4025Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBallymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction RailwayPre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties RailwayPost-groupingNorthern Ireland RailwaysKey dates1 July 1856Station opens17 October 1976Station closes

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.[1] 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.[2]

The station closed to passengers on 17 October 1976

There have been calls to reopen the station at Dunloy.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Cullybackey   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry 		  Ballymoney
  Historical railways  
Killagan
Line open, station closed 		  Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Coleraine and
Portrush Junction Railway
Ballymena-Portrush 		  Ballymoney
Line and station open

References

  1. ^ "Dunloy station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
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