Cookstown Junction
| Cookstown Junction | |
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The remains of Cookstown Junction / Drumsough station in 2007
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| Location | |
| Place | Randalstown |
| Area | County Antrim |
| Coordinates | 54°44′58″N 6°15′51″W / 54.7495°N 6.2642°WCoordinates: 54°44′58″N 6°15′51″W / 54.7495°N 6.2642°W |
| Operations | |
| Original company | Belfast and Ballymena Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
| Post-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
| History | |
| 11 April 1848 | Station opens as Drumscough Junction |
| ca. 1850 | Station renamed Drumscough |
| November 1856 | Station renamed Cookstown Junction |
| 26 April 1976 | Station renamed Drumcough Junction |
| 17 October 1976 | Station closes |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Cookstown Junction railway station served the townland of Drumsough outside Randalstown in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was a single island platform at the junction of the Cookstown extension to Magherafelt, Cookstown, Draperstown and Macfin.
The station was opened as Drumsough Junction by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 11 April 1848.
It was renamed Cookstown Junction on 1 October 1858.
The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.
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