Magherafelt railway station

Coordinates: 54°45′38″N 6°36′18″W / 54.7606°N 6.6050°W / 54.7606; -6.6050
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Magherafelt
General information
Location
Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Key dates
10 November 1856Station opens
28 August 1950Station closes

Magherafelt railway station was on the

Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland
.

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
Castledawson  
Belfast and Ballymena Railway

Cookstown Junction-Cookstown
  Moneymore
Terminus   Derry Central Railway
Magherafelt-Macfin Junction
  Knockloughrim
Terminus   Draperstown Railway
Magherafelt-Draperstown
  Desertmartin

References

  1. ^ "Magherafelt 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