Cullybackey railway station serves the village of Cullybackey in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Cullybackey
Cullybackey railway station in 1996
General information
Location	Cullybackey Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°53′17″N 6°20′41″W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1 July 1856	Opened
September 1856	Closed
1 March 1865	Reopened
18 October 1976	Closed
28 June 1982	Reopened
2008	Refurbished
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History

The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 1 July 1856.^{[citation needed]} It then closed in September 1856, and was re-opened on 1 March 1865.[1]

There was a further closure on 18 October 1976, and it re-opened again on 28 June 1982.

This station was temporarily closed while a major track relaying programme was in operation between March and the end of June 2009. It reopened on 29 June 2009.

The listed station building is currently (2014) fenced off, bricked/boarded up and derelict. It has been replaced with a small 'bus shelter' type structure on the platform.

Incidents and accidents

On Friday, 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 were hurt.[2] The platform at Cullybackey was lengthened to accommodate the longer trains in the evening, coming from Belfast.^{[citation needed]}

Service

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to Great Victoria Street. In the other direction there is an hourly service Londonderry Waterside, with the last service terminating at Coleraine

On Sundays services alternate between Londonderry or Portrush and the last service terminating at Coleraine in the other direction there is an hourly service to Great Victoria street.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Ballymena		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry		Ballymoney
	Historical railways
Ballymena Line and station open		Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Ballymena-Portrush		Glarryford Line open, station closed

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