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magherafelt+railway+station Latitude and Longitude:

54°45′38″N 6°36′18″W / 54.7606°N 6.6050°W / 54.7606; -6.6050
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Magherafelt
General information
Location Magherafelt, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°45′38″N 6°36′18″W / 54.7606°N 6.6050°W / 54.7606; -6.6050
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Belfast 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

magherafelt+railway+station Latitude and Longitude:

54°45′38″N 6°36′18″W / 54.7606°N 6.6050°W / 54.7606; -6.6050
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Magherafelt
General information
Location Magherafelt, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°45′38″N 6°36′18″W / 54.7606°N 6.6050°W / 54.7606; -6.6050
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Belfast 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

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