Randalstown railway station

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

Randalstown
Randalstown railway viaduct on the former Northern Counties Committee line.
Location	Randalstown, County Antrim Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.7499°N 6.3123°W
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Key dates
11 April 1848	Station opens
28 August 1950	Station closes

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 11 April 1848.[1] The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon.[2]

The station was moved and re-opened on 10 November 1856 when the line was extended to Cookstown.

The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Cookstown Junction		Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown Junction-Cookstown		Staffordstown

References

1. "Staffordstown 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