Moneymore railway station
Moneymore | |
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Location | Moneymore, County Londonderry Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54°41′52″N 6°40′21″W / 54.6977°N 6.6726°WCoordinates: 54°41′52″N 6°40′21″W / 54.6977°N 6.6726°W |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Belfast and Ballymena Railway |
Pre-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
Post-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
Key dates | |
10 November 1856 | Station opens |
28 August 1950 | Station closes |
Moneymore railway station in Moneymore, County Londonderry, was on an extension of the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Cookstown Junction in County Antrim to Cookstown in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
History[]
The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 10 November 1856.[1] The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon.[2]
The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Antrim%2C_Cookstown_%26_Navan_Buxton%2C_High_Peak_%26_New_Mills_RJD_10.jpg/220px-Antrim%2C_Cookstown_%26_Navan_Buxton%2C_High_Peak_%26_New_Mills_RJD_10.jpg)
A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (top left) railways in the vicinity of Moneymore
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Magherafelt | Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown Junction-Cookstown |
Cookstown |
References[]
- ^ "Moneymore station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- ^ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
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- Railway stations closed in 1950
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