Killagan railway station

54°59′03″N 6°22′07″W / 54.9841°N 6.3685°W / 54.9841; -6.3685Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBallymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction RailwayPre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties RailwayPost-groupingNorthern Ireland RailwaysKey dates4 December 1855Station opens as Bellaghy1 January 1876Station renamed Killagan2 July 1973Station closes

Killagan railway station served the villages of Bellaghy and Killagan in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened as Bellaghy by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855.[1] It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in January 1861.

It was renamed Killagan on 1 January 1876.

The signal box at Killagan was destroyed in 1921 and again in 1957 during periods of civil disturbance.[2]

The station closed to passengers on 2 July 1973.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Glarryford   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry 		  Dunloy
  Historical railways  
Glarryford
Line open, station closed 		  Ballymena, Ballymoney,
Coleraine and
Portrush Junction Railway
Ballymena-Portrush 		  Dunloy
Line open, station closed

References

  1. ^ "Killagan station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
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