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Coordinates: 54°38′44″N 6°14′29″W / 54.6455°N 6.2413°W / 54.6455; -6.2413
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'''Aldergrove railway station''' is a former [[railway station]] which served the [[townland]] of [[Aldergrove, Northern Ireland|Aldergrove]] in [[County Antrim]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It was south of Antrim, near [[RAF Aldergrove]] and [[Belfast International Airport]].
'''Aldergrove railway station''' is a former [[railway station]] which served the [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]]/[[townland]] of [[Aldergrove, Northern Ireland|Aldergrove]] in [[County Antrim]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It was south of Antrim, near [[RAF Aldergrove]] and [[Belfast International Airport]].


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 22:04, 30 September 2021

Aldergrove
General information
LocationAldergrove, County Antrim
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°38′44″N 6°14′29″W / 54.6455°N 6.2413°W / 54.6455; -6.2413
Other information
StatusDisused
Key dates
12 November 1871Station opened
12 September 1960Station closed

Aldergrove railway station is a former railway station which served the hamlet/townland of Aldergrove in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was south of Antrim, near RAF Aldergrove and Belfast International Airport.

History

The station was opened in 1871 by the Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway, which in 1879 became part of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). In 1958 it passed to the Ulster Transport Authority, which withdrew passenger services from the line and closed the station in 1960.

Proposals

Aldergrove railway station could[original research?] be reopened to serve Belfast International Airport.[citation needed]

As the Lisburn–Antrim railway line is closed, plans for a station to serve the airport (a few hundred yards away) are aspirational.[citation needed] The line, and plans for a station here, between Crumlin and Antrim could be revived under plans to operate a Belfast - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast circular route.[citation needed]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Crumlin   Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Lisburn-Antrim (disused)
  Millars Bridge

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 (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.