Eglinton railway station

Eglinton

NIR 80 Class train passing through Eglinton station in 1979
Location
Place Eglinton
Area County Londonderry
Coordinates 55°03′02″N 7°11′05″W / 55.0505°N 7.1847°W / 55.0505; -7.1847Coordinates: 55°03′02″N 7°11′05″W / 55.0505°N 7.1847°W / 55.0505; -7.1847
Operations
Original company Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-grouping Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping Northern Ireland Railways
History
29 November 1852 Station opens as Willsborough
1 October 1853 Station renamed Muff
1 February 1854 Station renamed Eglinton
1873 - 1875 New station buildings erected
2 July 1973 Station closes. (Regular services had ceased on 15 March 1971 but the station remained "available for use as required"
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Eglinton railway station served Eglinton in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway opened the station as Willsborough on 29 November 1852.[1] It was renamed Muff on 1 October 1853, and Eglinton on 1 February 1854.

New station buildings were erected between 1873 and 1875 to designs by the architect John Lanyon.[2]

It closed on 2 July 1973.

Routes

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Limavady Junction   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry		   Culmore
Historical railways
Faughanvale
Line open, station closed		   Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Coleraine-Derry		   Culmore
Line open, station closed

References

  1. ↑ "Eglinton 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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