Magherafelt
General information
LocationMagherafelt, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°45′38″N 6°36′18″W / 54.7606°N 6.6050°W / 54.7606; -6.6050
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBelfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Key dates
10 November 1856Station opens
28 August 1950Station closes

Magherafelt railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 10 November 1856.[1] The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon.[2]

The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Castledawson   Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Cookstown Junction-Cookstown 		  Moneymore
Terminus   Derry Central Railway
Magherafelt-Macfin Junction 		  Knockloughrim
Terminus   Draperstown Railway
Magherafelt-Draperstown 		  Desertmartin

References

  1. ^ "Magherafelt station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Magherafelt railway station.
Categories