Coordinates: 54°48′24″N 6°17′57″W / 54.8068°N 6.2993°W / 54.8068; -6.2993

Kellswater railway station

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Kellswater
NIR Class 80 train passing through the remains of Kellswater station in 1985
General information
LocationKellswater, County Antrim
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°48′24″N 6°17′57″W / 54.8068°N 6.2993°W / 54.8068; -6.2993
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBelfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-groupingNorthern Ireland Railways
Key dates
1 June 1876Station opens
15 March 1971Station closes

Kellswater railway station served the hamlet of Kellswater in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway on 1 June 1876.[1]

The station, at which trains rarely called,[2] closed to passengers on 15 March 1971.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Antrim   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
  Ballymena
  Historical railways  
Cookstown Junction
Line open, station closed
  Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast-Ballymena
  Andraid
Line open, station closed

References

  1. ^ "Kellswater station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Geograph:: Kellswater station © Albert Bridge".