- Cullybackey railway station
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Cullybackey 
Cullybackey railway station in 1979 Location Place Cullybackey Local authority Ballymena Operations Platforms in use 1 History 1856/1865 Opened 2008 Refurbished NI Railways - Translink - NI railway stations Cullybackey railway station serves Cullybackey in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station was opened in 1865,[1] or on 1 July 1856 according to another source.[2]
This station was temporarily closed while a major track relaying program was in operation between March and the end of June 2009. It reopened on the 29th June 2009.
Incidents and accidents
On 24 March 2000, a woman died after a collision involving a passenger train and her car at a level crossing at Station Road, Cullybackey. None of the 88 passengers on board the train travelling from Belfast to Derry was hurt.[3]
Service
Mondays to Saturdays there is a two hourly service towards Londonderry or Belfast Great Victoria Street operated by Northern Ireland Railways.
On Sundays there is 5 trains in each direction.
Preceding station 
Northern Ireland RailwaysFollowing station Ballymena Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-DerryBallymoney References
- ^ "Cullybackey - A History". Antrim.net. http://www.antrim.net/cullybackey/history_3.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
- ^ "Cullybackey station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
- ^ "Crash victim's name released". BBC News. 2000-03-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/689661.stm. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
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Coordinates: 54°53′17″N 6°20′41″W / 54.88806°N 6.34472°W
Categories:- Railway stations in County Antrim
- Railway stations opened in 1865
- Railway stations served by NI Railways
- Northern Ireland railway station stubs
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