Ballymena and Larne Railway
Introduction
This now closed line ran west from Larne to Ballymena with a branch to Ballyclare and Doagh.
Dates
| / /1874 | Larne and Ballyclare Railway Renamed Ballymena and Larne Railway. |
| / /1877 | Ballymena and Larne Railway Opened for goods from Larne Harbour [1st] to Ballyclare Paper Mill. |
| / /1878 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Larne Harbour [1st] adapted for the Ballymena and Larne Railway. |
| / /1878 | Ballymena and Larne Railway Extended west from Ballyclare Junction to Ballymena [Harryville] alongside Ballymena [1st]. Opened to passengers from Larne Harbour to Ballymena. |
| / /1878 | Ballymena and Larne Railway Act allows extension from Ballymena [Harryville] to Ballymena, alongside the main line, allowing connection to the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway. Act also allows extension form Ballyclare Paper Mill to Doagh. |
| / /1880 | Ballymena and Larne Railway Extension to Ballymena opened. |
| / /1884 | Ballymena and Larne Railway Ballyclare Paper Mill to Doagh extension opened. |
| / /1889 | Ballymena and Larne Railway Absorbed by Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. |
| / /1889 | Ballymena and Larne Railway Ballyclare Junction renamed Ballyboley Junction. |
| / /1900 | British Aluminium Co Ltd Opens bauxite plant at Larne Harbour [1st], north of the station, connected to the Ballymena and Larne Railway. Alumina was brought from the Lyle Hill Mines to the works and additional supplies came from overseas. Vessels operated on a triangular route bringing bauxite from Larne to Foyers Aluminium Works, then returning to Larne via Ayrshire where coal would be picked up for the Larne Works. |
| / /1940 | Ballymena and Larne Railway Closed from Ballyboley Junction to Ballymena. |
| / /1944 | Ballymena and Larne Railway Doagh to Ballyclare Paper Mill closed. |
| / /1950 | Ballymena and Larne Railway Ballyclare Paper Mill closed. Line closed from the mill to Larne. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Larne to Ballymena
Ballyboley to Ballyclare and Doagh
Doagh Branch Railway
Ballymena connecting line
Ballymena station, as rebuilt in 1981, seen from Translink Northern Ireland Railways unit no. 3002 calling with the ex-12.55 service from Great ...David Bosher 30/07/2018
Ballymena signal box, just north of the station on the Belfast bound side, seen from Translink Northern Ireland Railways unit no. 3002 just departed ...David Bosher 30/07/2018
The Belfast-bound platform at the rebuilt Ballymena station, as seen from a Translink NIR (unit 3002) service from Great Victoria Street, Belfast to ...David Bosher 30/07/2018
