Castledawson railway station

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

Castledawson
General information
Location	Castledawson, County Londonderry Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°46′33″N 6°33′31″W / 54.7758°N 6.5585°W / 54.7758; -6.5585
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
10 November 1856	Station opens
28 August 1950	Station closes

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
Toome Bridge		Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown Junction-Cookstown		Magherafelt

References

1. "Castle Dawson 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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