Londonderry Victoria Road railway station

Derry Victoria Road
Building when occupied by O'Neill & McHenry
General information
Location	Victoria Road, Derry County Londonderry Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°59′21″N7°19′00″W / 54.9893°N 7.3167°W / 54.9893; -7.3167
Construction
Architect	James Barton
History
Original company	Donegal Railway Company
Post-grouping	County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
Key dates
6 August 1900	Station opens
1 January 1955	Station closes

Londonderry Victoria Road railway station served Derry, County Londonderry, in Northern Ireland.

History

Former Victoria Road station buildings, now Bargain Bottle Cash and Carry

The station was opened by the Donegal Railway Company on 6 August 1900, when they decided to build their own line from Strabane to Derry to reduce the need for switching trains with the Great Northern Railway. It was built in red brick in 1899–1900 by R Campbell & Son of Belfast to designs by James Barton. Its front elevation faced the Craigavon Bridge.

It closed on 1 January 1955. ^[1]

The station building was purchased by O'Neill & McHenry, a firm of wholesale grocers, who adapted it for storage purposes.

The former bonded warehouse which presently has the address of 6 Victoria Road has been inhabited by Dawson Hinds Office Furniture Centre since the early 1990s.

Between 1972 and 1978, part of the building was leased to the North West of Ireland Railway Society, which used it to house the Foyle Valley Railway Museum. ^{[2] [3]}

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Terminus		Donegal Railway Company Londonderry to Strabane 1900–1955		New Buildings

See also

• Peace Bridge (Foyle)
• Derry~Londonderry Railway Station
• Londonderry Cow Market railway station
• Londonderry Graving Dock railway station
• Londonderry Foyle Road railway station

References

1. "Londonderry Victoria Road station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
2. William Alan McCutcheon, The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
3. Johnston, Norman (2003). The Irish Narrow Gauge in Colour. Newtownards: Colourpoint Books. pp. 100–103. ISBN   1904242138.