Toome Bridge railway station

Toome Bridge

Spanning time without a span, with the former railway bridge over the River Bann.
Location
Place Toome Bridge
Area County Antrim
Coordinates 54°45′12″N 6°27′41″W / 54.7533°N 6.4615°W / 54.7533; -6.4615Coordinates: 54°45′12″N 6°27′41″W / 54.7533°N 6.4615°W / 54.7533; -6.4615
Operations
Original company Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
History
10 November 1856 Station opens
28 August 1950 Station closes
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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Toome Bridge railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland. Located in Toome in County Antrim on the River Bann with County Londonderry across the river.

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
Staffordstown   Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Cookstown Junction-Cookstown
  Castledawson

References

  1. "Toome Bridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  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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