Castlerock railway station

Castlerock
NI Railways

Castlerock Railway Station
Location Castlerock
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates 55°9′55″N 6°47′13″W / 55.16528°N 6.78694°WCoordinates: 55°9′55″N 6°47′13″W / 55.16528°N 6.78694°W
Owned by NI Railways
Operated by NI Railways
Platforms 2
Construction
Structure type At-grade
Key dates
1853 Opened
2008 Refurbished
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Castlerock railway station serves the villages of Castlerock, Articlave and their surrounding hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Walkers use the station to reach Mussenden Temple, Downhill Strand and Benone.

The station opened on 18 July 1853[1] and was built to a design by the architect Charles Lanyon. It comprised a single-storey red brick on the 'up' platform. There is a modern two storey addition to this in a similar style.[2]

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a two hourly service towards Londonderry or Belfast Central and Belfast Great Victoria Street operated by Northern Ireland Railways.

On Sundays there are 6 trains in each direction.

Preceding station NI Railways Northern Ireland Railways Following station
Coleraine   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
  Bellarena
Historical railways
Barmouth
Line open, station closed
  Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Coleraine-Derry
  Downhill
Line open, station closed

References

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  1. "Castlerock station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  2. The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984