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词条 Ballymena railway station
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  1. History

  2. Current services

  3. References

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Ballymena railway station serves the Ballymena area in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located just outside Ballymena town centre on the Galgorm Road, and is integrated with the local bus station. It is situated on the Derry line between {{stnlink|Antrim}} and {{stnlink|Cullybackey}}. The station is operated by Northern Ireland Railways.

History

The first station in Ballymena opened on 11 April 1848 by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway. This initial station was rebuilt and relocated on 4 December 1855[1] when the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway extended the line northwards.

At one time, there were several other stations in the Ballymena area, however the only other one which survives to this day is Cullybackey.

In addition to mainline services between {{stnlink|Belfast York Road}} and {{stnlink|Coleraine}}, the station provided a terminus for two narrow gauge railways:

  • Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway - which opened in 1875 and closed in 1940
  • Ballymena and Larne Railway - which opened in 1877 and closed in 1933

The station buildings were rebuilt in 1903-1904[2] to designs by Berkeley Deane Wise. The rebuilding cost in excess of £15,000 (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|15000|1904|r=0}}}} in {{Inflation-year|UK}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK}} The clock was provided by Sharman D. Neill of Belfast, and iron water storage towers were constructed by Cowan Sheldon and Company of Carlisle. On 19 May 1921 the station suffered an arson attack by the Irish Republican Army.

The original station buildings were removed in 1981-1982 during a modernisation programme by Northern Ireland Railways.


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| caption2 = Platform 1 during rebuilding works

Current services

Ballymena railway station consists of two platforms, and serves as a passing point on the mainly single-track Belfast-Derry line.

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to {{stnlink|Great Victoria Street}}. In the other direction, trains alternate every hour between a service to {{stnlink|Londonderry Waterside}}, and a service to {{stnlink|Coleraine}} or {{stnlink|Portrush}}.

Only seven trains run each way on Sundays on a two-hourly basis. All services are between Londonderry Waterside and Great Victoria Street, except for the last outbound train of the evening, which terminates at Coleraine.

Future plans involve the reinstatement of the original double-track between {{stnlink|Antrim}} and Ballymena.

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References

1. ^{{cite web | title= Ballymena| work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=27 August 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf| archivedate= 26 September 2007 | deadurl= no}}
2. ^The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
{{UK railway stations}}{{Commons category|Ballymena railway station}}

5 : Railway stations in County Antrim|Ballymena|Railway stations opened in 1848|Railway stations served by NI Railways|1848 establishments in Ireland

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