Toome Bridge railway station

Former rail facility in Northern Ireland

54°45′12″N 6°27′41″W / 54.7533°N 6.4615°W / 54.7533; -6.4615Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBelfast and Ballymena RailwayPre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties RailwayPost-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties RailwayKey dates10 November 1856Station opens28 August 1950Station closes

Toome Bridge railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland. Located in Toome in County Antrim on the River Bann with County Londonderry across the river.

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 Historical railways Following station
Staffordstown   Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Cookstown Junction-Cookstown 		  Castledawson

References

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