Downhill railway station

Downhill railway station served the hamlet of Downhill in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

Downhill
General information
LocationDownhill, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates55.166446°N 6.820480°W / 55.166446; -6.820480
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-groupingNorthern Ireland Railways
Key dates
18 July 1853Station opens
3 September 1973Station 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.

References

  1. "Downhill 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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