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By 1704, the population of Ballymena had reached 800. In 1707, the first Protestant (Church of Ireland) parish church was built. In 1740, the original Ballymena Castle burned down. The Gracehill Moravian settlement was founded in 1765. During the 1798 rebellion, Ballymena was occupied from 7 to 9 June by a force of around 10,000 United Irishmen ...
Ballymena railway station serves the town of Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located just outside Ballymena town centre on the Galgorm Road, and is integrated with the local bus station. It is situated on the Derry line between Antrim and Cullybackey. The station is operated by Northern Ireland Railways.
The M2 is a motorway in Belfast and County Antrim in Northern Ireland.It is in two sections, the southern section running from north Belfast to Antrim and the northern section acts as a bypass of Ballymena, with the A26 road linking the two sections.
The A26 continues towards Ballymena before drivers are offered to turn-off-to-stay-on the route, to continue into Ballymena town centre, or to by-pass the town via the M2. Traffic on the M2 then rejoins the A26 on its last roundabout junction, and the route continues to Antrim as dual-carriageway towards its junction with the M2 and M22.
Belfast-Ballymena-Coleraine (Route 218) Belfast-Ballymena-Coleraine (Route 219) Terminus Ballymena Railway Station Goldline Belfast-Giant's Causeway (Route 221) Terminus Portadown Market Street Goldline Belfast-Armagh/Monaghan (Route 251) Terminus Dungannon Bus Station Goldline Belfast-Enniskillen (Route 261) Terminus Goldline
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council replaced Ballymena Borough Council, Carrickfergus Borough Council and Larne Borough Council.The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011. [4]
The Braid River, near Ballymena. The Braid River (Irish: Abhainn na Brád) [1] is a river in the borough of Mid and East Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is a tributary to the River Main. [2] Historically, the valley in which the river flows divided the boundaries between the parishes of Skerry and Rathcavan in the 19th century. [3]
The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 1 July 1856. [citation needed] It then closed in September 1856, and was re-opened on 1 March 1865. [3] There was a further closure on 18 October 1976, and it re-opened again on 28 June 1982.