Whitehead

Location type

Station


Name and dates

Whitehead (1877-)

Opened on the Carrickfergus and Larne Railway.



Dates

  /  /1877Carrickfergus and Larne Railway
Whitehead (third) opened.
  /  /1901International Engineering Congress, Glasgow
Three tunnel routes considered from Scotland/Wales to Ireland: Mull of Kintyre to Antrim (revival of the 1868 proposal, rejected due to remoteness of Kintyre), Holyhead to Howth (rejected due to length), Wigtownshire to Larne/Donaghadee (passing north round the deep trench of the Beaufort's Dyke). Latter considered most suitable with a route from north of Portpatrick to Whitehead.
  /  /1907Carrickfergus and Larne Railway
Whitehead station expanded with the addition of Whitehead Excursion Platform.
  /  /1909Carrickfergus 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.
  /  /1929Carrickfergus and Larne Railway
Doubled from Carrickfergus to Kilroot. Doubled from Kilroot to Whitehead.
  /  /1934Portpatrick Railway Carrickfergus and Larne Railway
Further consideration of the tunnel from Portpatrick, Scotland, to Whitehead, Northern Ireland.
  /  /1966Carrickfergus and Larne Railway
Laharna Hotel, Whitehead, sold by Ulster Transport Authority.