Cullybackey railway station

Railway station in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

54°53′17″N 6°20′41″W / 54.88806°N 6.34472°W / 54.88806; -6.34472Owned byNI RailwaysOperated byNI RailwaysPlatforms1Tracks1ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeKey dates1 July 1856OpenedSeptember 1856Closed1 March 1865Reopened18 October 1976Closed28 June 1982Reopened2008RefurbishedPassengers2022/23153,018 ^[1]2023/24

207,558 ^[2]

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Location
Cullybackey Location within Northern Ireland

Cullybackey railway station serves the village of Cullybackey in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 1 July 1856.^{[citation needed]} It then closed in September 1856, and was re-opened on 1 March 1865.^[3]

There was a further closure on 18 October 1976, and it re-opened again on 28 June 1982.

This station was temporarily closed while a major track relaying programme was in operation between March and the end of June 2009. It reopened on 29 June 2009.

The listed station building is currently a cafe called “The Ticket bake house” after extensive renovation work, It opened 2023 and seems to be in the process of being linked to the platform. before 2020 it was fenced off, bricked/boarded up and derelict. It has been replaced with a small 'bus shelter' type structure on the platform.

Incidents and accidents

On Friday, 24 March 2000, a woman died after a collision involving a passenger train and her car at a level crossing at Station Road, Cullybackey. None of the 88 passengers on board the train travelling from Belfast to Derry were hurt.^[4] The platform at Cullybackey was lengthened to accommodate the longer trains in the evening, coming from Belfast.^{[citation needed]}

Service

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to Belfast Lanyon Place. In the other direction there is an hourly service Derry~Londonderry, with the last service terminating at Coleraine

On Sundays services alternate between Derry~Londonderry or Portrush and the last service terminating at Coleraine in the other direction there is an hourly service to Belfast Lanyon Place.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways	Following station
Ballymena		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry	Ballymoney
	Historical railways
Ballymena Line and station open		Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Ballymena-Portrush	Glarryford Line open, station closed

References

^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
^ "Cullybackey - A History". Antrim.net. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
^ "Crash victim's name released". BBC News. 26 March 2000. Retrieved 28 August 2007.