Coleraine railway station

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Coleraine
General information
Location	Coleraine Northern Ireland
Coordinates	55°08′02″N6°39′47″W / 55.133856°N 6.662937°W / 55.133856; -6.662937
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Derry~Londonderry Portrush
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1855	Opened
1965	Goods traffic ceased
2000	Interchange station built
Passengers
2022/23	729,029 [1]
Route map (Click to expand) Show NI Railways Network map Legend Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Belfast-Dublin line to Portadown, Newry & Dublin Connolly City Hospital Windsor 1885 Botanic Ormeau 1885 Lanyon Place Queen's Bridge 1885 Lagan Railway Bridge over River Lagan Belfast-Bangor line to Bangor Dargan Bridge over River Lagan York Street Yorkgate 2024 York Road depot York Road 1992 Fortwilliam Traincare Depot Greencastle 1954 Whitehouse 1954 Whiteabbey Belfast-Larne line to Larne Harbour via Greenisland   1963 Monkstown 1981 Mossley 1982 Mossley West Ballyclare Junction 1961 Ballyclare branch line to Ballyclare 1950 Ballyrobert 1920 Doagh 1970 Templepatrick 1981 Dunadry 1954 Muckamore 1961 Lisburn-Antrim line to Lisburn 2003 Antrim Cookstown Junction 1976 Cookstown branch line 1959 to Magherafelt & Cookstown Kellswater 1971 Andraid 1850 Ballymena & Larne Rly to Larne 1950 Ballymena Ballymena, Cushendall & Redbay Rly 1940 to Parkmore and Retreat   Cullybackey Glarryford 1973 Killagan 1973 Dunloy 1976 Ballymoney Ballycastle Railway to Ballycastle 1950 Derry Central Railway to Magherafelt 1950 Macfin 1954 Coleraine Coleraine Harbour 1963 Coleraine-Portrush line to Portrush River Bann Coleraine Waterside 1861 Barmouth 1856 Castlerock Castlerock Tunnel Downhill Tunnel Downhill 1973 Umbra 1861 Magilligan 1976 Bellarena River Roe Limavady Railway to Limavady and Dungiven 1955 Limavady Junction 1976 Ballykelly 1954 Carrichue 1954 Faughanvale 1859 Eglinton 1973 River Faughan Derry ~ Londonderry This diagram: view talk edit Show Derry~Londonderry line route diagram Legend Portrush Dhu Varren Cromore University Belfast–Derry line to Derry ~ Londonderry Coleraine Belfast–Derry line to Belfast Grand Central This diagram: view talk edit Show Portrush line route diagram
Location Coleraine Location within Northern Ireland Show map of Northern Ireland Coleraine Location on the Island of Ireland Show map of island of Ireland

Coleraine railway station serves the town of Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It shares facilities with the town's Ulsterbus bus depot.

History

Coleraine Signal Cabin

The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855 to designs by the architect Charles Lanyon. A similar range of buildings was provided on the east side of the tracks in the 1880s.

The shared train and bus station building has a distinctive rotunda with a high arched entrance, by GM Design Associates. ^[3]

A short distance from the station is a bascule bridge over the River Bann accommodating the railway over the river navigation.

Service

An Ulsterbus bus at the station

Train Services

On weekdays, there is an hourly service operating to Belfast Grand Central, with extra services at peak times, and some late night and early morning trains terminating here. The service operates hourly in the other direction, terminating at Derry~Londonderry. There is also an hourly service operating to Portrush via the Coleraine-Portrush Line

On Saturdays, the service remains hourly, with no peak time services.

On Sundays, trains alternate between Derry-Londonderry, Portrush and Belfast Grand Central, offering an hourly service from Coleraine to Belfast. This includes 14 trains to and from Portrush, with 8 trains starting/terminating here and 6 trains to and from Derry~Londonderry.

Preceding station		NI Railways		Following station
Ballymoney		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry		Castlerock
				Terminus
Terminus		Northern Ireland Railways Coleraine-Portrush		University
	Disused railways
Terminus		Ulster Transport Authority Harbour Branch		Coleraine Harbour Line and station closed
	Historical railways
Terminus		Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Coleraine-Derry		Barmouth Line open, station closed
Macfin Line open, station closed		Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway Ballymena-Portrush		Portstewart Line open, station closed

Train in Coleraine.

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. "GM Design Associates". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2012.