Ballyclare Junction railway station

Ballyclare Junction
NIR Class 3000 train passing the site of Ballyclare Junction station in 2005
General information
LocationBallyclare, County Antrim
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°41′58″N 5°58′07″W / 54.6995°N 5.9685°W / 54.6995; -5.9685
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBelfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-groupingUlster Transport Authority
Key dates
1 February 1849Station opens as Ballynure
1 October 1858Station renamed to Ballynure Road
1 September 1875Station closed
1 June 1877Station reopened
3 November 1884Station renamed to Ballyclare Junction
9 September 1961Station closes

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.


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