Toome Bridge railway station

Toome Bridge
Spanning time without a span, with the former railway bridge over the River Bann.
Location
Place	Toome Bridge
Area	County Antrim
Coordinates	54°45′12″N 6°27′41″W / 54.7533°N 6.4615°WCoordinates: 54°45′12″N 6°27′41″W / 54.7533°N 6.4615°W
Operations
Original company	Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
History
10 November 1856	Station opens
28 August 1950	Station closes
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Toome Bridge railway station was on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which ran from Cookstown Junction to Cookstown in Northern Ireland. Located in Toome in County Antrim on the River Bann with County Londonderry across the river.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 10 November 1856.^[1] The station buildings were designed by the architect Charles Lanyon.^[2]

The station closed to passengers on 28 August 1950.

References

1. "Toome Bridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
2. The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984