Aldergrove railway station

Aldergrove
Location	Aldergrove, County Antrim Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°38′44″N 6°14′29″W / 54.6455°N 6.2413°W / 54.6455; -6.2413Coordinates: 54°38′44″N 6°14′29″W / 54.6455°N 6.2413°W / 54.6455; -6.2413
Other information
Status	Disused
Key dates
12 November 1871	Station opened
12 September 1960	Station closed

Aldergrove railway station is a former railway station which served the townland of Aldergrove in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was south of Antrim, near RAF Aldergrove and Belfast International Airport.

History[]

The station was opened in 1871 by the Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway, which in 1879 became part of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). In 1958 it passed to the Ulster Transport Authority, which withdrew passenger services from the line and closed the station in 1960.

Proposals[]

Aldergrove railway station could^{[original research?]} be reopened to serve Belfast International Airport.^{[citation needed]}

As the Lisburn–Antrim railway line is closed, plans for a station to serve the airport (a few hundred yards away) are aspirational.^{[citation needed]} The line, and plans for a station here, between Crumlin and Antrim could be revived under plans to operate a Belfast - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast circular route.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

• Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

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