Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway

The Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The railway was established under the chairmanship of the Rt Hon Hugh Seymour, with an authorised capital of £200,000 (equivalent to £16,855,685 in 2015).[1]

The line was constructed by William Dargan and opened on 4 December 1855, from Ballymena to Coleraine and Portrush.

In January 1861, it was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee.[2]

References

  1. ↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  2. ↑ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984

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