Greenisland

Location type

Station


Names and dates

Carrickfergus Junction (1848-1893)
Greenisland (1893-)

Opened on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway.



Dates

  /  /1863Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Doubled from Greencastle to Carrickfergus Junction.
  /  /1875Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Doubled from Carrickfergus Junction to Ballyclare and Doagh.
  /  /1894Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Carrickfergus Junction renamed Greenisland.
17/01/1934Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Double track curve opened from Bleach Green Junction, Whiteabbey, to cross Valentine's Glen Viaduct (concrete) to Mossley. Mossley to Carrickfergus Junction singled.
09/09/1961Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Through coaches from Larne Harbour to Londonderry Waterside [2nd] withdrawn. Mossley to Greenisland falls out of passenger use.
01/10/1963Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Mossley to Greenisland closed. (Retained for a time as long siding approached from the east?)

Books


Inverkeithing To Thornton Junction: Via Cowdenbeath (Scottish Mainlines)