Antrim railway station (Great Northern Railway)
Appearance
Antrim GN (I) | |
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General information | |
Location | Station Rd., Antrim, County Antrim Northern Ireland |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) |
Key dates | |
13 November 1871 | Station opened |
12 September 1960 | Station closed |
Antrim railway station (Great Northern) served Antrim in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was located on the mothballed Lisburn-Antrim railway line. The town is now served by Antrim railway station.
History
[edit]Built by the Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway, it became part of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) . In 1958 it passed to the Ulster Transport Authority. The UTA closed the station two years later.
The site today
[edit]Currently, the line between Antrim and Lisburn is only used for training and emergency diversions, however it could be revived under plans to operate a Belfast - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast circular route. Any traffic would use the current Antrim station.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Millars Bridge | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Lisburn-Antrim |
Antrim Junction |
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 (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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