Where is Cookstown railway station?

Cookstown railway station is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6462°, -6.7396°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Cookstown railway station

Cookstown railway station in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Cookstown 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

Cookstown railway station was one of two railway stations serving the town of Cookstown in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.

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Background

History

The Great Northern Railway opened the station on 28 August 1879 as the terminus of a branch from Dungannon. Junction Diagram showing (top left) railways in the vicinity of Cookstown]] The GNR was the second railway company to reach Cookstown - the first being the Belfast and Ballymena Railway in 1856, after they opened a branch line to the town by way of Randalstown and Magherafelt. Though located next door to the BBR station on Molesworth Street, the GNR station was completely separate. A rail connection between the two stations existed, but for transfer of goods wagons only. There were no through passenger workings. It was closed to passengers by the Great Northern Railway Board on 16…

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