Portrush
Location type
Name and dates
Portrush (1855-)
Opened on the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway.
Dates
| 04/12/1855 | Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Opened from a new Ballymena station (just north of the Belfast and Ballymena Railway terminus Ballymena [1st] which closed) to Coleraine and Portrush. Stations opened at Ballymena, Killagan, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush |
| / /1892 | Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Portrush station rebuilt and enlarged in Tudor style complete with a clocktower. |
| / /1893 | Belfast and County Down Railway Begins steamer operation with vessels operating from Belfast to Bangor. Excursions operated to locations such as Ardglass and Portrush. |
| 26/07/1899 | Giant's Causeway, Portrush and Bush Valley Railway and Tramway Conversion to overhead lines complete. Extended to Portrush station. |
| / /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. |
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