Downhill railway station

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Downhill
Downhill Railway Tunnel postcard 1905.jpg
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 / 55.166446; -6.820480
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Northern Ireland Railways
Key dates
18 July 1853Station opens
3 September 1973Station closes
Location
Downhill railway station

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

  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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