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Ballyboley Junction railway station

Ballyboley Junction
Ballymena & larne rly, 1906.jpg
Railway in 1906
Location
Place Balleyboley
Area County Antrim
Operations
Original company Ballymena and Larne Railway
Pre-grouping Ballymena and Larne Railway
Post-grouping Ballymena and Larne Railway
History
24 August 1878 Station opens as Ballyclare Junction
1 January 1890 Renamed Balleyboley Junction
31 January 1933 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Ballyclare Junction railway station later known as Balleyboley Junction railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.

The station was opened as Ballyclare Junction by the Ballymena and Larne Railway on 24 August 1878. It was taken over by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in July 1889. This was in turn taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in 1906.

It was renamed Balleyboley Junction on 1 January 1890.

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1933.


Coordinates: 54°47′41″N 5°56′27″W / 54.794624°N 5.940771°W / 54.794624; -5.940771


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