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downhill+railway+station Latitude and Longitude:

55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°W / 55.166446; -6.820480
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Downhill
General information
Location Downhill, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°W / 55.166446; -6.820480
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Northern Ireland Railways
Key dates
18 July 1853Station opens
3 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



downhill+railway+station Latitude and Longitude:

55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°W / 55.166446; -6.820480
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Downhill
General information
Location Downhill, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°W / 55.166446; -6.820480
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Northern Ireland Railways
Key dates
18 July 1853Station opens
3 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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