Capecastle

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Capecastle
County Antrim

Road near Capecastle Wood
Location
Grid reference: D087367
Location: 55°9’57"N, 6°17’44"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Causeway Coast & Glens

Capecastle or Cape Castle is a small village and a townland in County Antrim, between Armoy and Ballycastle, in the north of the county and under the western slopes of Knocklayd.

Transport links

Capecastle railway station opened on 1 February 1882, closed for goods traffic in 1927, and finally closed altogether on 3 July 1950.[1] It was on the Ballycastle Railway, a narrow gauge railway which ran for 17 miles connecting Ballycastle to Ballymoney, on the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway, later Northern Counties Committee, main line to Londonderry.[2]

References

  1. "Capecastle station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-10-27. 
  2. Baker, Michael H. C.: 'Irish Narrow Gauge Railways. A View from the Past' (Ian Allan Publishing, 1999) ISBN 0-7110-2680-7