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Ballyclare Junction railway station

Ballyclare Junction
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NIR Class 3000 train passing the site of Ballyclare Junction station in 2005
Location
Place Ballyclare
Area County Antrim
Operations
Original company Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Ulster Transport Authority
History
1 February 1849 Station opens as Ballynure
1 October 1858 Station renamed to Ballynure Road
1 September 1875 Station closed
1 June 1877 Station reopened
3 November 1884 Station renamed to Ballyclare Junction
9 September 1961 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Ballyclare Junction railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Belfast to Ballymena in Northern Ireland. Despite the name, the physical junction for the branch line to Ballyclare was located a short distance along the line in the Antrim direction, at Kingsbog Junction.

The station was opened as Ballynure Road by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 1 February 1849. It was renamed Ballynure Junction on 3 November 1884.

The station closed to passengers on 4 December 1961.



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