Retreat railway station (County Antrim)

Retreat
The line in 1906
Location
Area	County Antrim
Operations
Original company	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Pre-grouping	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Post-grouping	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
History
May 1875	Station opens
1940	Station closes
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Retreat 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 in May 1875, which had taken ownership in October 1884.

The station was only ever for freight loading, and was never open to passenger services.

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 1-8526-0508-1. 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.

Coordinates: 55°02′59″N 6°06′58″W / 55.049749°N 6.116145°W