Ballycastle Railway

Ballycastle Railway was authorised by the (41 & 42 Vict. c. cxcv), and opened in October 1880 and ran 17 mi from Ballymoney, on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to Derry, to Ballycastle. It was never a very profitable enterprise and eventually closed down on 24 March 1924. It was rescued by the NCC, which took it over completely on 4 May of the same year. It reopened on 11 August, although the legal change of ownership was not confirmed until the next year by the (15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. ii (N.I.)) Services mainly consisted of three return journeys each day, taking between 50 minutes and an hour. At the start there were three…