Where is Capecastle railway station?

Capecastle railway station is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 55.1658°, -6.2953°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Capecastle railway station

Capecastle railway station in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Capecastle 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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Capecastle railway station was on the Ballycastle Railway which ran from Ballymoney to Ballycastle in Northern Ireland.

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Background

History

The station was opened by the Ballycastle Railway on 1 February 1882. It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee on 4 May 1924. Under the terms of the Transport Act 1947 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the Northern Counties Committee parent company, was nationalised by the British Government on 1 January 1948. The Northern Counties Committee (and the Ballycastle Railway) was thus briefly owned by the British Transport Commission. This was only a temporary measure and in 1949 the NCC was transferred to the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) – owned by the Government of Northern Ireland. The station closed to passengers on 3 July 1950.

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