Toome Bridge railway station

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.

Toome Bridge
Spanning time without a span, with the former railway bridge over the River Bann.
Location	Toome Bridge, County Antrim Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.7533°N 6.4615°W
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
Staffordstown		Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown Junction-Cookstown		Castledawson

References

1. "Toome Bridge 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