Castlerock railway station
Castlerock  | |
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 Castlerock station in 2009, prior to the line being singled. | |
| Location |
Castlerock Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 55°9′55″N 6°47′13″W / 55.16528°N 6.78694°WCoordinates: 55°9′55″N 6°47′13″W / 55.16528°N 6.78694°W |
| Owned by | NI Railways |
| Operated by | NI Railways |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Key dates | |
| 1853 | Opened |
| 1970 | New signalbox opened |
| 2008 | Refurbished |
| 2016 | Passing loop removed, signalbox closed |
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 UK Railways portal | |
Castlerock railway station serves the villages of Castlerock, Articlave and their surrounding hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Walkers use the station to reach Mussenden Temple, Downhill Strand and Benone.
The station opened on 18 July 1853[1] and was built to a design by the architect Charles Lanyon. It comprised a single-storey red brick on the 'up' platform. There is a modern two storey addition to this in a similar style.[2]
As part of works to upgrade the Coleraine-Derry railway line, the passing loop at Castlerock station was discontinued and replaced with a new loop at Bellarena. The station signalbox - the last full-time mechanical signalbox on the NIR network, and the last to use block tokens - was subsequently closed on 2 November 2016.[3] The down platform, despite receiving a complete refurbishment two years prior, has now been taken out of service and the track lifted. All services calling at Castlerock now use the former up platform.
Service
Mondays to Saturdays there is a two hourly service towards Londonderry or Belfast Great Victoria Street operated by Northern Ireland Railways.
On Sundays there are 6 trains in each direction.
| Preceding station | Northern Ireland Railways |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleraine | Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry |
Bellarena | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Barmouth Line open, station closed |
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Coleraine-Derry |
Downhill Line open, station closed | ||
References
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- ↑ "Castlerock station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ↑ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-37857587