Castlerock railway station

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Castlerock
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Castlerock station in 2009, prior to the line being singled.
General information
Location Castlerock
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 55°9′55″N6°47′13″W / 55.16528°N 6.78694°W / 55.16528; -6.78694
Owned by NI Railways
Operated by NI Railways
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1853Opened
1970New signalbox opened
2008Refurbished
2016Passing loop removed, signalbox closed
Passengers
2022/23107,026 [1]
Route map
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Year
closed
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Great Victoria Street
2024
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Belfast Grand Central
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City Hospital NIRsymbol Bangor.svg NIRsymbol Larne.svg
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Windsor
1885
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Botanic NIRsymbol Bangor.svg NIRsymbol Larne.svg
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Ormeau
1885
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Lanyon Place NIRsymbol Bangor.svg NIRsymbol Larne.svg
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Queen's Bridge
1885
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Yorkgate
2024
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York Road depot
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York Road
1992
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Fortwilliam Traincare Depot
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Greencastle
1954
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Whitehouse
1954
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1963
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Monkstown
1981
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Mossley
1982
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Mossley West
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Ballyclare Junction
1961
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Ballyclare branch line
to Ballyclare
1950
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Ballyrobert
1920
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Doagh
1970
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Templepatrick
1981
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Dunadry
1954
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Muckamore
1961
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2003
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Antrim
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Cookstown Junction
1976
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1959
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Kellswater
1971
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Andraid
1850
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1950
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Ballymena
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1940
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to Parkmore and Retreat
 
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Cullybackey
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Glarryford
1973
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Killagan
1973
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Dunloy
1976
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Ballymoney
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1950
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1950
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Macfin
1954
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Coleraine Harbour
1963
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Coleraine Waterside
1861
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Barmouth
1856
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Castlerock
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Castlerock Tunnel
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Downhill Tunnel
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Downhill
1973
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Umbra
1861
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Magilligan
1976
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Bellarena
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1955
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Limavady Junction
1976
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Ballykelly
1954
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Carrichue
1954
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Faughanvale
1859
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Eglinton
1973
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Derry ~ Londonderry
Location
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Castlerock
Location within Northern Ireland
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Castlerock
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Castlerock railway station

Castlerock railway station serves the villages of Castlerock, Articlave and their surrounding hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Walkers use the station to reach Mussenden Temple, Downhill Strand and Benone.

Trains crossing at Castlerock in 2016. The down platform on the left has now been taken out of service and no longer has a running track. Crossing Trains At Castlerock.JPG
Trains crossing at Castlerock in 2016. The down platform on the left has now been taken out of service and no longer has a running track.

The station opened on 18 July 1853 and was built to a design by the architect Charles Lanyon. It comprised a single-storey red brick on the 'up' platform. There is a modern two storey addition to this in a similar style. [3]

As part of works to upgrade the Coleraine-Derry railway line, the passing loop at Castlerock station was discontinued and replaced with a new loop at Bellarena. The station signal box which was the last full-time mechanical signal box on the NIR network and the last to use block tokens was subsequently closed on 2 November 2016. [4] The down platform, despite receiving a complete refurbishment two years prior, has now been taken out of service and the track lifted. All services calling at Castlerock now use the former up platform.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service towards Derry~Londonderry or Belfast Grand Central operated by Northern Ireland Railways.

On Sundays there are 6 trains in each direction.

Preceding station  NI Railways  Following station
Coleraine   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
  Bellarena
  Historical railways  
Barmouth
Line open, station closed
  Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Coleraine-Derry
  Downhill
Line open, station closed

References

  1. "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. McCutcheon, William Alan (1984). The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland (1st American ed.). Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN   978-0-8386-3125-6.
  4. "Castlerock: Final stop for NI Railways train signal box". BBC News. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2021.