Ballykinlar Halt railway station
{{Short description|Railway station in County Down, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Ballykinlar Halt
| status = Disused
| image =
| borough = Ballykinler, County Down
| country = Northern Ireland
| original = Belfast and County Down Railway
| pregroup = Belfast and County Down Railway
| postgroup = Belfast and County Down Railway
| years = October 1914
| events = Station opens
| years1 = 16 January 1950
| events1 = Station closes
}}
Ballykinlar Halt railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.
History
It was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway in October 1914, primarily to service the British Army base at Ballykinlar. The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority. The earliest mention via the British Newspaper Archive was on 31 October 1914 in the Weekly Telegraph https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001531/19141031/111/0008.
Routes
{{Historical Rail Start}}
{{rail line
|previous = Tullymurry
|next = Dundrum
|route = Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast-Newcastle
|col = C41E3A}}
{{end}}
References
- {{Butt-Stations}}
- {{Jowett-Atlas}}
- {{Jowett-Nationalised}}
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Category:Disused railway stations in County Down
Category:Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1915
Category:Railway stations in Northern Ireland closed in 1950
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