Retreat
The line in 1906
General information
Location	County Antrim Northern Ireland
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Pre-grouping	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Post-grouping	Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway
Key dates
May 1875	Station opens
1940	Station closes
Location

Retreat railway station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway which ran from Ballymena to Retreat in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was on the Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway route and opened by that company in October 1876 for goods traffic only.

The station was only ever for freight loading, and was never open to passenger services.

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

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