Rathkenny railway station

Rathkenny
The line in 1906
Location	, County Antrim Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Pre-grouping	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Post-grouping	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Key dates
5 April 1886	Station opens
1 October 1930	Station closes

Rathkenny railway station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History[]

The station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway route and opened by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway on 5 April 1886, which had taken ownership in October 1884.

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930.

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 (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

Coordinates: 54°56′06″N 6°15′21″W / 54.935106°N 6.255856°W / 54.935106; -6.255856

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