Cookstown Junction railway station
Railway station in Northern Ireland
54°44′58″N 6°15′51″W / 54.7495°N 6.2642°W / 54.7495; -6.2642
Cookstown Junction railway station served the townland of Drumsough outside Randalstown in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was a single island platform at the junction of the Cookstown extension to Magherafelt, Cookstown, Draperstown and Macfin.[1]
History
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The station was opened as Drumsough Junction by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 11 April 1848.[2]
It was renamed Cookstown Junction on 1 October 1858.
The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
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Antrim | Ulster Transport Authority Belfast-Derry | Kellswater | ||
Terminus | Ulster Transport Authority Drumsough-Cookstown | Randalstown | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Antrim | Belfast and Ballymena Railway Belfast York Road-Ballymena | Kellswater | ||
Terminus | Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown Junction-Cookstown | Randalstown |
References
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