Antrim

Location type


Name and dates

Antrim (1848-)

Opened on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway.

Opened on the Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway.




Dates

  /  /1871Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway
Opened from Knockmore Junction (Ulster Railway) to Antrim.
  /05/1971Shane's Castle Railway
3ft line opened in the grounds of Shane's Castle, west of Antrim on Lough Neagh.
  /  /1978Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Bleach Green Junction to Antrim falls out of use with the diversion of the Londonderry trains.
01/09/1980Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Bleach Green Junction to Antrim re-opened with stations at Monktown, Mossley and Templepatrick.
21/02/1981Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Regular passenger trains using Bleach Green Junction to Antrim withdrawn.
  /  /1990Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Antrim to Ballymena singled.
  /  /1992Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Antrim to Ballymena restored in anticipation of the diversion of Londonderry trains via Whiteabbey, to be introduced with the opening of the Cross Harbour Link. Loops prepared at Kingsmoss and Templepatrick, and north of Antrim at Magherabeg.

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