Cookstown Junction railway station

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]

Cookstown Junction
The remains of Cookstown Junction / Drumsough station in 2007
General information
Location	Randalstown, County Antrim Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°44′58″N 6°15′51″W / 54.7495°N 6.2642°W / 54.7495; -6.2642
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 as Drumscough Junction
ca. 1850	Station renamed Drumscough
November 1856	Station renamed Cookstown Junction
26 April 1976	Station renamed Drumcough Junction
17 October 1976	Station closes

History

 

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (top, left of centre) railways in the vicinity of Cookstown Junction

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		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
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

1. Railway Magazine June 1936 p. 414
2. "Cookstown Junction station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

 

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