Eglinton railway station (Northern Ireland)

Eglinton railway station served Eglinton in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

Eglinton
NIR 80 Class train passing through Eglinton station in 1979
LocationEglinton, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates55.0505°N 7.1847°W / 55.0505; -7.1847
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-groupingNorthern Ireland Railways
Key dates
29 November 1852Station opens as Willsborough
1 October 1853Station renamed Muff
1 February 1854Station renamed Eglinton
1873 - 1875New station buildings erected
2 July 1973Station closes. (Regular services had ceased on 15 March 1971 but the station remained "available for use as required"

The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway opened the station as Willsborough on 29 November 1852.[1] It was renamed Muff on 1 October 1853, and Eglinton on 1 February 1854.

New station buildings were erected between 1873 and 1875 to designs by the architect John Lanyon.[2]

It closed on 2 July 1973.

Routes

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Limavady Junction   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
  Culmore
  Historical railways  
Faughanvale
Line open, station closed
  Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Coleraine-Derry
  Culmore
Line open, station closed

References

  1. "Eglinton station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  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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