Where is Ballygowan railway station?

Ballygowan railway station is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.5016°, -5.7925°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Ballygowan railway station

Ballygowan railway station in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Ballygowan railway station is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Ballygowan railway station was a rural station in Ballygowan, County Down between Comber and Saintfield on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast Queens Quay station to Newcastle railway station in Northern Ireland.

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Background

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 10 September 1858. The station had only one platform on the south side. There was a level crossing at the Comber end. The goods store on the Saintfield end was added in 1898. The station closed to passengers on 15 January 1950 along with the rest of the Belfast and County Down Railway bar the Bangor branch, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority. The station has since been demolished and rebuilt into a shop and a private residence but the goods shed still stands, now used by the company Station Autos. Part of the former train yard on the west side is now used as a bus depot by Translink…

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