Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Ballykinlar Halt railway station
Ballykinlar Halt railway station in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Ballykinlar Halt 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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From the Wikipedia article
Ballykinlar Halt railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.
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Background
History
It was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway in October 1914, primarily to service the British Army base at Ballykinlar. The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority. The earliest mention via the British Newspaper Archive was on 31 October 1914 in the Weekly Telegraph https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001531/19141031/111/0008.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.3010, -5.7978
Sources
- wikidata: Q4852183 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ballykinlar Halt railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ballykinlar Halt railway station?
- Ballykinlar Halt railway station is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.3010°, -5.7978°.