Limavady Junction railway station

Limavady Junction
Remains of the station in 2006
General information
Location	County Londonderry Northern Ireland
Coordinates	55°04′24″N7°00′08″W / 55.0734°N 7.0023°W / 55.0734; -7.0023
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Demolished
History
Original company	Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping	Northern Ireland Railways
Key dates
1 March 1855	Station opens as Newton Junction
1 October 1875	Station renamed Limavady Junction
17 October 1976	Station closes
Location

Limavady Junction railway station served the town of Limavady in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway opened the station as Newton Junction on 1 March 1855. ^[1] It was renamed Limavady Junction on 1 October 1875. At this time, new station buildings were provided to designs by the architect John Lanyon. ^[2]

It closed on 17 October 1976. Since 2013, the remains of the station have been demolished.

Routes

Preceding station		NI Railways		Following station
Bellarena		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry		Derry~Londonderry
	Historical railways
Bellarena Line open, station closed		Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Coleraine-Derry		Ballykelly Line open, station closed
Terminus		Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Limavady-Dungiven		Broighter Line and station closed

References

1. "Limavady Junction 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