Killagan railway station

Killagan railway station served the villages of Bellaghy and Killagan in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Killagan
Killagan Station as viewed on 3 January 1996, the main station building has been removed, but the goods shed which was attached to the station, is still in use as a farmers storage shed.
Location	County Antrim Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.9841°N 6.3685°W
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping	Northern Ireland Railways
Key dates
4 December 1855	Station opens as Bellaghy
1 January 1876	Station renamed Killagan
2 July 1973	Station closes

History

The station was opened as Bellaghy by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855.[1] It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in January 1861.

It was renamed Killagan on 1 January 1876.

The signal box at Killagan was destroyed in 1921 and again in 1957 during periods of civil disturbance.[2]

The station closed to passengers on 2 July 1973.

References

1. "Killagan 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