Templepatrick railway station

Coordinates: 54°41′56″N 6°02′31″W / 54.699°N 6.042°W

Templepatrick
CIE weed spraying train passing the remains of Templepatrick station in 1985
Location
Place	Templepatrick
Area	County Antrim
Operations
Original company	Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping	Northern Ireland Railways
Platforms	1
History
11 April 1848	Station opens
21 February 1981	Station closes
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Templepatrick railway station served the village of Templepatrick in County Antrim on the Belfast-Derry railway line.

History

The station was opened in 1848 as part of the Belfast & Ballymena Railway, which would ultimately become part of the Northern Counties Committee group of lines owned by the LMS. Following the nationalisation of the railways, traffic on the line was reduced until eventually the route between Belfast and Londonderry was diverted via the Lisburn-Antrim railway line, with the stations on the old route, including Templepatrick, closed. Templepatrick was closed in 1981.^[1]

Preceding station	Northern Ireland Railways			Following station
Mossley		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry (until 1978)		Antrim
		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Antrim (1980)
	Proposed
Mossley West		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry		Antrim
	Historical railways
Doagh		Belfast and Ballymena Railway Belfast York Road-Ballymena		Dunadry

Future

In 1994, Northern Ireland Railways gained funding approval for the restoration of the Bleach Green section of the Derry line, which would allow more direct services into the centre of Belfast. As part of this project, NIR planned to recommission two new stations, Mossley West and Templepatrick.^[2] Mossley West opened in 2001, but as yet there has been no movement in a new station for Templepatrick. However, Translink, the public company responsible for public transport in Northern Ireland, has proposed to build a major transport interchange, featuring both a bus and railway station beside the M2 at Templepatrick. This would then potentially serve as a park and ride for towns and villages in the area of South Antrim.^[3]

References

1. Templepatrick station - railbrit.co.uk
2. Antrim - Bleach Green: Rebirth of a Railway Line; Engineering - Translink
3. Ford welcomes rail progress at Templepatrick - Alliance Party, 14/04/06