Magilligan railway station

Magilligan
Magilligan railway station photographed on 6 May 2008
Location
Place Magilligan
Area County Londonderry
Coordinates 55°09′07″N 6°53′29″W / 55.1519°N 6.8913°W / 55.1519; -6.8913Coordinates: 55°09′07″N 6°53′29″W / 55.1519°N 6.8913°W / 55.1519; -6.8913
Operations
Original company Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Northern Ireland Railways
History
1 November 1853 Station opens
17 October 1976 Station closes
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Magilligan railway station served Magilligan in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway opened the station on 1 November 1853.[1] A station building was erected between 1873 and 1875 to designs by the architect John Lanyon.[2]

A very short-lived horse-drawn tram operated from this station to Magilligan Point in 1855. Towards the end of the station's life, it was used for prison visits to the nearby HMP Magilligan. It closed on 17 October 1976.

Routes

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Castlerock   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry		   Bellarena
  Historical railways  
Umbra
Line open, station closed		   Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Coleraine-Derry		   Bellarena
Line and station open
Terminus   Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Magilligan Point Tramway		   Drummond
Line and station closed

References

  1. ↑ "Magilligan station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
  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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