Downhill railway station
Downhill | |
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Location | |
Place | Downhill |
Area | County Londonderry |
Coordinates | 55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°WCoordinates: 55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°W |
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 |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z | |
UK Railways portal |
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 | ||
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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
- ↑ "Downhill station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
- ↑ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
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