Ballynoe railway station

For the proposed station in Cork, see Ballynoe, Great Island.

Ballynoe
Ballynoe railway station (disused) and remains of platform, September 2009
General information
Location	Ballynoe, County Down Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
8 July 1892	Station opens
16 January 1950	Station closes

Ballynoe railway station (County Down) was on the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, which ran from Downpatrick to Ardglass in Northern Ireland.

History

Opened by the Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway, it became part of the Belfast and County Down Railway. The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority.

The level crossing keeper's cottage

When the station was operational the trains crossed the Ballynoe road to reach the station through a level crossing with two sets of double gates and this was the level crossing keepers cottage at Ballynoe at least laterally it failed to the station master's wife to man the gates arising in the early morning to let the first train into the station and staying on duty until late at night it's been uninhabited since the mid 80s and even then would have been something of a time capsule with a range and a Belfast sink all still in situ.

The site today

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Downpatrick Racecourse Platform		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Ardglass		Bright Halt

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.