This railway is open. It extended the Carrickfergus line east and north to Larne Harbour.
/ /1860 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Incorporated. |
01/10/1862 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Opened through a new Carrickfergus to Larne Harbour [1st]. Carrickfergus [1st] was closed (its site was later on the Carrickfergus Harbour Junction Railway). A company owned connecting steamer operated to Stranraer Harbour. |
/ /1864 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Whitehead [2nd] opened at the east end of Whitehead Tunnel (Whitehead [1st] was at the west end). |
01/01/1864 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Larne Harbour [1st] to Stranraer Harbour steamer withdrawn. Last portion of the Larne Harbour line falls out of use except for coal traffic and remains maintained. |
01/07/1872 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Steamer service from Larne Harbour [1st] to Stranraer restarts. Line fully re-opened. |
/ /1877 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Whitehead (third) opened. |
/ /1878 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Larne Harbour [1st] adapted for the Ballymena and Larne Railway. |
/ /1890 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Absorbed by Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. |
/ /1890 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Larne Harbour [1st] rebuilt. |
/ /1907 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Whitehead station expanded with the addition of Whitehead Excursion Platform. |
/ /1909 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Laharna Hotel, Whitehead, purchased by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. The railway also created a beach by transferring sand from Portrush, built a clifftop path on Black Head and a promenade and small pier. |
/ /1929 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Doubled from Carrickfergus to Kilroot. Doubled from Kilroot to Whitehead. |
/ /1934 | Portpatrick Railway
Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Further consideration of the tunnel from Portpatrick, Scotland, to Whitehead, Northern Ireland. |
/ /1966 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Laharna Hotel, Whitehead, sold by Ulster Transport Authority. |
/ /1967 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Reconstruction of Larne Harbour [1st] begins. (Completed 1968.) |
/ /1974 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Railway realigned at Larne Town to accommodate new roads. The line is relocated to the east on reclaimed land. |
/ /1985 | Carrickfergus and Larne Railway Larne Harbour station replaced Larne Harbour [1st]. The line was slightly cut back. |
This line is divided into a number of portions.
This realignment of 1974, moving the line closer to the water, had Larne Town station replaced with Larne.