Cookstown Junction railway station

Railway station in Northern Ireland

54°44′58″N 6°15′51″W / 54.7495°N 6.2642°W / 54.7495; -6.2642Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyBelfast and Ballymena RailwayPre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties RailwayPost-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties RailwayKey dates11 April 1848Station opens as Drumscough Junctionca. 1850Station renamed DrumscoughNovember 1856Station renamed Cookstown Junction26 April 1976Station renamed Drumcough Junction17 October 1976Station closes

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]

History

A 1904 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing (top, left of centre) railways in the vicinity of Cookstown Junction

The station was opened as Drumsough Junction by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 11 April 1848.[2]

It was renamed Cookstown Junction on 1 October 1858.

The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Antrim   Ulster Transport Authority
Belfast-Derry 		  Kellswater
Terminus   Ulster Transport Authority
Drumsough-Cookstown 		  Randalstown
  Historical railways  
Antrim   Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast York Road-Ballymena 		  Kellswater
Terminus   Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Cookstown Junction-Cookstown 		  Randalstown

References

  1. ^ Railway Magazine June 1936 p. 414
  2. ^ "Cookstown Junction station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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