Aldergrove railway station

Aldergrove
Location
Place	Aldergrove
Area	County Antrim
Operations
History
12 November 1871	Station opened
12 September 1960	Station closed
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Aldergrove railway station is a former railway station which served the townland of Aldergrove in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was south of Antrim the station near RAF Aldergrove and Belfast International Airport.

History

The station was opened in 1871 by the Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway, which in 1879 became part of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). In 1958 it passed to the Ulster Transport Authority, which withdrew passenger services from the line and closed the station in 1960.

The future

Aldergrove railway station could be reopened to serve Belfast International Airport.

Currently the Lisburn–Antrim railway line is closed so plans for a station to serve the airport (a few hundred yards away) are aspirational. The line, and plans for a station here, between Crumlin and Antrim could be revived under plans to operate a Belfast - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast circular route

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Crumlin		Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Lisburn-Antrim (disused)		Millars Bridge