Magherafelt railway station

54°45′38″N 6°36′18″W / 54.7606°N 6.6050°W / 54.7606; -6.6050Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBelfast and Ballymena RailwayPre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties RailwayPost-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties RailwayKey dates10 November 1856Station opens28 August 1950Station closes

Magherafelt railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 10 November 1856.^[1] The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon.^[2]

The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.

Preceding station		Following station
Castledawson	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Cookstown Junction-Cookstown	Moneymore
Terminus	Derry Central Railway Magherafelt-Macfin Junction	Knockloughrim
Terminus	Draperstown Railway Magherafelt-Draperstown	Desertmartin

References

^ "Magherafelt station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
^ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984