Downhill railway station

Downhill
Downhill
	postcard of Downhill railway station from 1905
General information
Location	Downhill, County Londonderry ; Northern Ireland
Coordinates	55°09′59″N6°49′14″W / 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
Location
Location

Last updated December 21, 2025

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

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

NI 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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[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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