Gracehill railway station

Gracehill

The line in 1906
Location
Area County Antrim
Operations
Original company Ballycastle Railway
Pre-grouping Ballycastle Railway
Post-grouping Ballycastle Railway
History
1 December 1890 Station opens
3 July 1950 Station closes
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Gracehill railway station was on the Ballycastle Railway which ran from Ballymoney to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballycastle Railway on 1 December 1890. It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee on 4 May 1924.

Under the terms of the Transport Act 1947 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the Northern Counties Committee parent company, was nationalised by the British Government on 1 January 1948. The Northern Counties Committee (and the Ballycastle Railway) was thus briefly owned by the British Transport Commission. This was only a temporary measure and in 1949 the NCC was transferred to the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) – owned by the Government of Northern Ireland.

The station closed to passengers on 3 July 1950.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Stranocum   Ballycastle Railway
Ballymoney-Ballycastle
  Armoy

References

Coordinates: 55°08′03″N 6°22′33″W / 55.134071°N 6.375761°W / 55.134071; -6.375761

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