Aldergrove railway station

Aldergrove
General information
Location	County Antrim
Key dates
12 November 1871	Station opened
12 September 1960	Station closed

Aldergrove railway station is a former railway station which served the townland of Aldergrove in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was south of Antrim the station 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.

The future

Aldergrove railway station could be reopened to serve Belfast International Airport.

Currently the Lisburn–Antrim railway line is closed so plans for a station to serve the airport (a few hundred yards away) are aspirational. 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

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.