THC Science

Ballycastle
Ballycastle
	The line in 1906
General information
Location	County Antrim; Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ballycastle Railway
Pre-grouping	Ballycastle Railway
Post-grouping	Ballycastle Railway
Key dates
18 October 1880	Station opens
3 July 1950	Station closes

Ballycastle railway station was on the Ballycastle Railway which ran from Ballymoney to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland.

History[edit]

The station was opened by the Ballycastle Railway on 18 October 1880. It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee on 4 May 1924.

Under the terms of the Transport Act 1947 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the Northern Counties Committee parent company, was nationalised by the British Government on 1 January 1948. The Northern Counties Committee (and the Ballycastle Railway) was thus briefly owned by the British Transport Commission. This was only a temporary measure and in 1949 the NCC was transferred to the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) – owned by the Government of Northern Ireland.

The station closed to passengers on 3 July 1950.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Capecastle		Ballycastle Railway Ballymoney-Ballycastle		Terminus

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