Limavady Junction railway station
Limavady Junction | |||||
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 Remains of the station in 2006 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | County Londonderry Northern Ireland | ||||
| Coordinates | 55°04′24″N 7°00′08″W / 55.0734°N 7.0023°W | ||||
| 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 | ||||
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Limavady Junction 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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