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Whitehead railway station

Whitehead railway station serves in , Northern Ireland. The station has two platforms with a waiting room on each and the station is signalled in both directions and remains staffed during commuter hours by a Senior Porter, a fully trained signalman, capable of fixing points and signalling issues when they arise.
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  • Type: Railway stop
  • Description: railway station in Northern Ireland
  • Also known as: “Whitehead”, “Whitehead Railway Station”, and “Whitehead Station”
  • Address: Whitehead

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blackhead Lighthouse and Ballycarry railway station.

Lighthouse
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a listed lighthouse built at the turn of the 20th century, near in , Northern Ireland. It marks the very northern end of where it opens out into the that separates Northern Ireland and Scotland. is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Whitehead railway station.

Railway stop
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serves and in , , the station was opened on 1 October 1862. Today there is just a single platform, there is a stationmaster's old cottage on a disused platform, this is now privately owned. is situated 2 miles north of Whitehead railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carrickfergus and Magheramorne.

Photo: Adam Bishop, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town 12 miles northeast of Belfast, historically in , with a population in 2021 of 28,000. Its main attraction is the sturdy 12th-century Norman castle.

Locality
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is a small in , . It is about 5 miles south of on the shores of . It had a population of 228 people in the 2021 census. is situated 5 miles northwest of Whitehead railway station.

Village
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or Gleno is a hamlet in , . It is halfway between and . In the 2001 census, it had a population of 87 people. is in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council area. is situated 6 miles northwest of Whitehead railway station.

Whitehead railway station

Latitude
54.75229° or 54° 45′ 8″ north
Longitude
-5.7095° or 5° 42′ 34″ west
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Operator
Translink NI Railways
Open location code
9C6PQ72R+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 162017856
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
Geo­Names ID
6953886
Wiki­data ID
Q3971360
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Whitehead railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Whitehead”
  • Dutch: “Station Whitehead”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة وايتيهياد”
  • French: “Withehead”
  • German: “Bahnhof Withehead”
  • Irish: “Stáisiún Traenach an Chinn Bháin”
  • Italian: “stazione di Whitehead”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Whitehead”
  • Spanish: “estación Withehead”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Whitehead railway station”. Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.