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Ballymacarrett railway station

Coordinates: 54°36′10″N 5°53′44″W / 54.60284°N 5.89559°W / 54.60284; -5.89559
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Ballymacarrett
NIR Class 80 train passing the site of Ballymacarrett station in 2000.
General information
LocationBelfast, Belfast City
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°36′10″N 5°53′44″W / 54.60284°N 5.89559°W / 54.60284; -5.89559
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Post-groupingNorthern Ireland Railways
Key dates
1905Station opened
1977Station closed

Ballymacarrett railway station (also known as Ballymacarrett halt) was a railway halt that served the townland of Ballymacarrett in east Belfast.

History

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The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 1 May 1905[1] and was the first stop on the branch line to Bangor.

Following the closure of the Queen's Quay terminus in 1976, and the reconnection of the Bangor Line to the Newry Line via Belfast Central, Ballymacarrett station was closed on 9 May 1977 and replaced by the nearby Bridge End station, which was renamed "Titanic Quarter" in 2012.

Service

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Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Queen's Quay   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor
  Victoria Park
  Historical railways  
Queen's Quay
Line and station closed.
  Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast-Holywood-Bangor
  Victoria Park
Line open, station closed.

References

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  1. ^ "Ballymacarrett" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 28 August 2007.