Ballygrainey railway station

Ballygrainey
General information
Location	Ballygrainey, County Down Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Belfast and County Down Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Key dates
3 June 1861	Station opens
24 April 1950	Station closes

Ballygrainey railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Donaghadee in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 3 June 1861 as 'Groomsport & Bangor'. It was later renamed 'Groomsport Road' and finally 'Ballygrainey'.

The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Conlig		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Donaghadee		Millisle Road Halt

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.