Londonderry Victoria Road railway station

Londonderry Victoria Road

Building when occupied by O'Neill & McHenry
Location Derry, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
UK
Coordinates 54°59′21″N 7°19′00″W / 54.9893°N 7.3167°W / 54.9893; -7.3167Coordinates: 54°59′21″N 7°19′00″W / 54.9893°N 7.3167°W / 54.9893; -7.3167
History
Original company Donegal Railway Company
Post-grouping County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
Key dates
6 August 1900 Station opens
1 January 1955 Station closes

Londonderry Victoria Road railway station served Derry, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

Former Victoria Road station buildings, now Bargain Bottle Cash and Carry

It was opened by the Donegal Railway Company on 6 August 1900. It was built in red brick in 1899-1900 by R Campbell & Son of Belfast to designs by James Barton. It had its front elevation facing the Craigavon Bridge.

It closed on 1 January 1955.[1]

The station building was purchased by O'Neill & McHenry, a firm of wholesale grocers, who adapted it for storage purposes.

The former Bonded Warehouse which presently holds the address of 6 Victoria Road has been inhabited by Dawson Hinds Office Furniture Centre since the early 1990s.

Part of the building was leased for some years to the North West of Ireland Railway Society who maintained a museum.[2]

Routes

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus   Donegal Railway Company
Londonderry to Strabane 1900-1955		   New Buildings

References

  1. ↑ "Londonderry Victoria Road station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
  2. ↑ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
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