Ballyboley Junction railway station

Ballyboley Junction railway station was the junction for the branch line to Doagh via Ballyclare (B&L) in Northern Ireland.

Ballyboley Junction Ballyclare Junction
Railway in 1906
General information
Location	Junction Rd., Ballybracken, County Antrim Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Pre-grouping	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Post-grouping	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Key dates
24 August 1878	Station opens as Ballyclare Junction
1 January 1890	Renamed Ballyboley Junction
1 October 1930	Passenger closure
3 June 1940	Goods and final closure

History

The station was opened as Ballyclare Junction by the Ballymena and Larne Railway on 24 August 1878. It was taken over by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in July 1889. This was in turn taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in 1906.

It was renamed Ballyboley Junction on 1 January 1890.

The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Ballynashee		Ballymena and Larne Railway Ballymena-Larne		Headwood
Ballynure		Ballymena and Larne Railway Doagh-Larne		Headwood

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.