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Kellswater railway station

Coordinates: 54°48′24″N 6°17′57″W / 54.8068°N 6.2993°W / 54.8068; -6.2993
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Kellswater
NIR Class 80 train passing through the remains of Kellswater station in 1985
General information
LocationKellswater, County Antrim
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°48′24″N 6°17′57″W / 54.8068°N 6.2993°W / 54.8068; -6.2993
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBelfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-groupingNorthern Ireland Railways
Key dates
1 June 1876Station opens
15 March 1971Station closes

Kellswater railway station served the hamlet of Kellswater in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

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The station was opened by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway on 1 June 1876.[1]

The station, at which trains rarely called,[2] closed to passengers on 15 March 1971.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Antrim   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
  Ballymena
  Historical railways  
Cookstown Junction
Line open, station closed
  Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast-Ballymena
  Andraid
Line open, station closed

References

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  1. ^ "Kellswater station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Geograph:: Kellswater station © Albert Bridge".