Moorfields railway station (Northern Ireland)

(Redirected from Moorfields railway station (County Antrim)) Railway station in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Moorfields
Station building in January 2008
General information
Location	County Antrim Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Pre-grouping	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Post-grouping	Ballymena and Larne Railway
Key dates
14 December 1878	Station opens
July 1924	Unmanned halt
31 January 1933	Halt closes to passengers
3 June 1940	Halt closes

Moorfields railway station was on the Ballymena and Larne Railway which ran from Ballymena to Larne in Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballymena and Larne Railway on 24 August 1880. It was taken over by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway in July 1889. This was in turn taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in 1906.

It became an unmanned halt from July 1924.

The halt was closed to passengers on 31 January 1933 and later completely on 6 June 1940.

The site of the station has become known in modern times as the place that Troy Gillen smokes bines.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Kells		Ballymena and Larne Railway Ballymena-Larne		Collin

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.