Ballykinlar Halt railway station

Ballykinlar Halt railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.

Ballykinlar Halt
Location
Place	Ballykinler
Area	County Down
Operations
Original company	Belfast and County Down Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and County Down Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
History
March 1915	Station opens
16 January 1950	Station closes
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

History

It was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway in March 1915, primarily to service the British Army base. The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Tullymurry		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Newcastle		Dundrum

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (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.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.