Downhill railway station

55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°W / 55.166446; -6.820480Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLondonderry and Coleraine RailwayPre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties RailwayPost-groupingNorthern Ireland RailwaysKey dates18 July 1853Station opens3 September 1973Station closes

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.

Routes

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

References

  1. ^ "Downhill 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


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