Ballymena railway station
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History
The first station in Ballymena opened on 11 April 1848 by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway.[1] This initial station was rebuilt and relocated on 4 December 1855Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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 Template:Stnlink and Template:Stnlink, 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 £Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". in Template:Inflation-year).Template:Inflation-fn 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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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 Template:Stn. In the other direction, there is an hourly service to Template:Stnlink, with the last service terminating at Template:Stnlink.
On Sundays services alternate between going to Derry~Londonderry or Template:Rws and the last service terminating at Coleraine. In the other direction there is an hourly service to Belfast Grand Central.
Future plans involve the reinstatement of the original double-track between Template:Stnlink and Ballymena.
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- Railway stations in County Antrim
- Ballymena
- Railway stations served by NI Railways
- Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1848