Английская Википедия:Ballycastle Railway
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Ballycastle Railway Ballycastle Railway was a Шаблон:RailGauge narrow gauge railway line which ran from Ballycastle to Ballymoney, both in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.[1]
History
Ballycastle Railway opened in October 1880 and ran Шаблон:Convert from Ballymoney, on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), later Northern Counties Committee (NCC), main line to Derry, to Ballycastle. It was never a very profitable enterprise and closed down for a period in 1924, until rescued by the NCC, which took it over completely.[1]
Services mainly consisted of three return journeys each day, taking between 50 minutes and an hour. At the start there were three Black Hawthorn 0-6-0ST engines and two Kitson 4-4-2T engines arrived in 1908. Initially carriages were of the compartment type painted two shades of brown, until largely displaced by LMS-designed corridor carriages transferred from the Ballymena and Larne Railway in 1933. The Ballycastle Railway closed in July 1950.[1]
Nationalisation and closure
Under the terms of the Transport Act 1947 the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, the NCC's parent company, was nationalised by the British Government on 1 January 1948. The NCC (and the Ballycastle Railway) was thus briefly owned by the British Transport Commission. This was only a temporary measure and in 1949 the NCC was transferred to the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) – owned by the Government of Northern Ireland. The UTA soon embarked on a major programme of railway closures, notably including much of the Belfast and County Down Railway. The Ballycastle Railway was one of the casualties; the UTA closed the line to all services on 3 July 1950.[2]
Route
- Ballymoney railway station[3]
- Dervock railway station, Шаблон:Convert
- Stranocum railway station, Шаблон:Convert
- Gracehill railway station, Шаблон:Convert, opened 1 December 1890
- Armoy railway station, Шаблон:Convert
- Balleeny Siding, Шаблон:Convert
- Capecastle railway station, Шаблон:Convert, opened 1 February 1882
- Ballast Pit, Шаблон:Convert
- Tow Viaduct, Шаблон:Convert
- Ballycastle railway station,[1] Шаблон:Convert[4]
See also
Other narrow gauge railways in Ulster
- Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
- Ballymena and Larne Railway
- Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway
- Cavan and Leitrim Railway
- Clogher Valley Railway
- County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
- Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
References
Further reading
- Английская Википедия
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- Closed railways in Northern Ireland
- Transport in County Antrim
- Railway companies established in 1880
- Railway companies disestablished in 1950
- 3 ft gauge railways in Ireland
- Defunct railway companies of Ireland
- 1880 establishments in Ireland
- Ballycastle, County Antrim
- 1950 disestablishments in Northern Ireland
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