Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Ballykinlar Halt railway station
Ballykinlar Halt railway station in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Eric Jones — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Ballykinlar Halt railway station is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Ballykinlar Halt railway station was on the Belfast and County Down Railway which ran from Belfast to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
It was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway in October 1914, primarily to service the British Army base at Ballykinlar. The station closed to passengers in 1950, by which time it had been taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority. The earliest mention via the British Newspaper Archive was on 31 October 1914 in the Weekly Telegraph https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001531/19141031/111/0008.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.3010, -5.7978
- District
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Postcode
- BT30 8HH
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Down
Sources
- wikidata: Q4852183 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Ballykinlar Halt railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Ballykinlar Halt railway station?
- Ballykinlar Halt railway station is in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (postcode BT30 8HH).
- Is Ballykinlar Halt railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Ballykinlar Halt railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Ballykinlar Halt railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode BT30 8HH. It sits within the South Down parliamentary constituency.