Ballymoney railway station

Ballymoney railway station serves the town of Ballymoney in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Ballymoney
General information
Location	Ballymoney Northern Ireland
Coordinates	55°4′0″N 6°30′50″W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Derry~Londonderry
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
4 December 1855	Opened
1901-1902	Rebuilt
1990	Refurbished
2008	Refurbished
Passengers
2022/23	374,836 [1]
2023/24	470,210 [2]
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History

Station interior

Platform 1

Ballymoney Station on 2 July 1983

Ballymoney station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855.

The station was rebuilt between 1901 and 1902 to designs by Berkeley Deane Wise in a Cottage style. The cast ironwork forming the station canopy was provided by MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry of Glasgow, and the cast iron footbridge was provided by the Sun Foundry of George Smith and Company in Glasgow.

Goods traffic was ceased on Monday 4 January 1965.^{[citation needed]}

The station was also the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Ballycastle Railway, which closed in 1950.

Service

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to Belfast Grand Central and an hourly service to Derry~Londonderry. The last train of the day terminates at Coleraine

On Sundays an hourly service operates to Belfast Grand Central. In the other direction all services are alternate every hour between Derry~Londonderry and Portrush except for the last outbound train of the evening, which terminates at Coleraine.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Cullybackey		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry Line		Coleraine
	Historical railways
Terminus		Ballycastle Railway Ballymoney-Ballycastle		Dervock Line and station closed
Dunloy Line open, station closed		Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Ballymena-Portrush		Macfin Line open, station closed

References

1. "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
2. "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.