Downhill railway station
Downhill | |||||
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 postcard of Downhill railway station from 1905 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Downhill, County Londonderry Northern Ireland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°09′59″N 6°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 | ||||
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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.
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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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