Downhill railway station

Downhill
Location
Place Downhill
Area County Londonderry
Coordinates 55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°W / 55.166446; -6.820480Coordinates: 55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°W / 55.166446; -6.820480
Operations
Original company Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Northern Ireland Railways
Platforms 1
History
18 July 1853 Station opens
3 September 1973 Station closes
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Closed railway stations in Britain
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Downhill railway station served the hamlet of Downhill in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway opened the station on 18 July 1853.[1] A station building and adjacent station house was erected in 1874 to designs by the architect John Lanyon.[2]

It closed on 3 September 1973.

Routes

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Castlerock   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
  Magilligan
Historical railways
Castlerock
Line and station open
  Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Coleraine-Derry
  Umbra
Line open, station closed

References

  1. "Downhill station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  2. The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984


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