Cookstown Junction railway station

Cookstown Junction

The remains of Cookstown Junction / Drumsough station in 2007
Location
Place Randalstown
Area County Antrim
Coordinates 54°44′58″N 6°15′51″W / 54.7495°N 6.2642°W / 54.7495; -6.2642Coordinates: 54°44′58″N 6°15′51″W / 54.7495°N 6.2642°W / 54.7495; -6.2642
Operations
Original company Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
History
11 April 1848 Station opens as Drumscough Junction
ca. 1850 Station renamed Drumscough
November 1856 Station renamed Cookstown Junction
26 April 1976 Station renamed Drumcough Junction
17 October 1976 Station closes
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Cookstown Junction railway station served the townland of Drumsough outside Randalstown in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was a single island platform at the junction of the Cookstown extension to Magherafelt, Cookstown, Draperstown and Macfin.[1]

History

The station was opened as Drumsough Junction by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 11 April 1848.[2]

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (top, left of centre) railways in the vicinity of Cookstown Junction

It was renamed Cookstown Junction on 1 October 1858.

The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.

Preceding station NI Railways Northern Ireland Railways Following station
Antrim   Ulster Transport Authority
Belfast-Derry
  Kellswater
Terminus   Ulster Transport Authority
Drumsough-Cookstown
  Randalstown
Historical railways
Antrim   Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast York Road-Ballymena
  Kellswater
Terminus   Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Cookstown Junction-Cookstown
  Randalstown

References

  1. Railway Magazine June 1936 p. 414
  2. "Cookstown Junction station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
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