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Ballymena Cushendall & Red Bay Railway Co

Other Business Names:

  • Belfast & Northern Counties Railway Co

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • Ballymena, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
  • Retreat, Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland

Sectors:

  • Transport services Private inc industrial railways
  • Transport services Railway transport services exc private & industrial railways

Notes:

Ballymena, Cushendall & Red Bay Railway Co was incorporated 1872 and opened 1875. A narrow gauge mineral railway serving iron ore mines. Linked Ballymena with Retreat. c16 miles long. Acquired by Belfast & Northern Counties Railway Co in 1884

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