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