Downhill railway station
Downhill railway station served the hamlet of Downhill in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
Downhill | |
|---|---|
| Location | Downhill, County Londonderry Northern Ireland |
| Coordinates | 55.166446°N 6.820480°W |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Londonderry and Coleraine Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Belfast and Northern Counties Railway |
| Post-grouping | Northern Ireland Railways |
| Key dates | |
| 18 July 1853 | Station opens |
| 3 September 1973 | Station closes |
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
- "Downhill station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
- The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
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