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Cookstown Junction railway station
Railway station in Northern Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cookstown Junction railway station served the townland of Drumsough outside Randalstown in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was a single island platform at the junction of the Cookstown extension to Magherafelt, Cookstown, Draperstown and Macfin.[1]
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Cookstown Junction | |
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![]() The remains of Cookstown Junction / Drumsough station in 2007 | |
General information | |
Location | Randalstown, County Antrim Northern Ireland |
Coordinates | 54.7495°N 6.2642°W / 54.7495; -6.2642 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Belfast and Ballymena Railway |
Pre-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
Post-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
Key dates | |
11 April 1848 | Station opens as Drumscough Junction |
ca. 1850 | Station renamed Drumscough |
November 1856 | Station renamed Cookstown Junction |
26 April 1976 | Station renamed Drumcough Junction |
17 October 1976 | Station closes |
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