Moorfields railway station (County Antrim)

Moorfields

Station building in January 2008
Location
Area County Antrim
Operations
Original company Ballymena and Larne Railway
Pre-grouping Ballymena and Larne Railway
Post-grouping Ballymena and Larne Railway
History
14 December 1878 Station opens
July 1924 Unmanned halt
31 January 1933 Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
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Moorfields railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballymena and Larne Railway on 24 August 1880. 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 became an unmanned halt from July 1924.

The station closed to passengers on 31 January 1933.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Kells   Ballymena and Larne Railway
Ballymena-Larne
  Collin

References

Coordinates: 54°49′35″N 6°08′53″W / 54.826286°N 6.147999°W / 54.826286; -6.147999

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