Ballymoney railway station
| General information | |||||||
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| Location | Ballymoney Northern Ireland | ||||||
| Coordinates | 55°4′0″N 6°30′50″W / 55.06667°N 6.51389°W | ||||||
| Owned by | NI Railways | ||||||
| Operated by | NI Railways | ||||||
| Line(s) | Derry~Londonderry | ||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||
| Key dates | |||||||
| 4 December 1855 | Opened | ||||||
| 1901-1902 | Rebuilt | ||||||
| 1990 | Refurbished | ||||||
| 2008 | Refurbished | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| 2022/23 | 374,836 [1] | ||||||
| 2023/24 | 470,210 [2] | ||||||
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Ballymoney railway station serves the town of Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
History
Ballymoney station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855.
The station was rebuilt between 1901 and 1902 to designs by Berkeley Deane Wise in a Cottage style. The cast ironwork forming the station canopy was provided by MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry of Glasgow, and the cast iron footbridge was provided by the Sun Foundry of George Smith and Company in Glasgow.
Goods traffic was ceased on Monday 4 January 1965.
The station was also the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Ballycastle Railway, which closed in 1950.
Service
On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to Belfast Grand Central and an hourly service to Derry~Londonderry. The last train of the day terminates at Coleraine
On Sundays an hourly service operates to Belfast Grand Central. In the other direction all services are alternate every hour between Derry~Londonderry and Portrush except for the last outbound train of the evening, which terminates at Coleraine.
References
- ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.