Ghost Stations - Disused Railway Stations in County Antrim, Northern Ireland

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Thanks for watching..... 1. Aldergrove railway station 2. Andraid railway station 3. Antrim railway station (Great Northern Railway) 4. Armoy railway station 5. Ballinderry railway station 6. Ballyboley Junction railway station 7. Ballycastle railway station 8. Ballyclare Junction railway station 9. Ballyclare railway station 10. Ballycloughan railway station 11. Ballygarvey railway station 12. Ballynashee railway station 13. Ballynure railway station 14. Ballyrobert railway station 15. Barn railway station 16. Bleach Green railway station 17. Capecastle railway station 18. Cargan railway station 19. Clough Road railway station 20. Collin railway station 21. Cookstown Junction railway station 22. Cross Roads railway station 23. Crumlin railway station 24. Dervock railway station 25. Doagh (BBR) railway station 26. Doagh railway station 27. Dunadry railway station 28. Dunloy railway station 29. Eden railway station 30. Glarryford railway station 31. Glenavy railway station 32. Gracehill railway station 33. Greencastle railway station 34. Headwood railway station 35. Kells (NCC) railway station 36. Kellswater railway station 37. Killagan railway station 38. Kilroot railway station 39. Kilwaughter Halt railway station 40. Knockanally railway station 41. Knockmore railway station 42. Macfin railway station 43. Monkstown railway station 45. Moorfields railway station 46. Mossley (NCC) railway station 47. Mount railway station 48. Muckamore railway station 49. Parkmore railway station 50. Randalstown railway station 51. Rathkenny railway station 52. Retreat railway station 53. Staffordstown railway station 54. Stranocum railway station 55. Toome Bridge railway station 56. Whitehouse (BBR) railway station Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_County_Antrim Music : Cliff Side,Silent Partner; YouTube Audio Library Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains. An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high passenger numbers. Notable cases where railway stations have fallen into disuse include the Beeching Axe, a 1960s programme of mass closures of unprofitable railway lines by the British Government. The London Underground system is also noted for its list of closed stations. During the time of the Berlin Wall, a number of Berlin U-Bahn stations on West Berlin lines became "ghost stations" (Geisterbahnhöfe) because they were on lines which passed through East Berlin territory. Railway stations and lines which fall into disuse may become overgrown. Some former railway lines are repurposed as managed nature reserves, trails or other tourist attractions - for example Hellfire Pass, the route of the former "Death Railway" in Thailand. Many former railways are converted into long-distance cycleways, such as large sections of the National Cycle Network in the United Kingdom. In rural areas, former railway station buildings are often converted into private residences. Examples include many of the stations on the closed Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England.