Dhu Varren | |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Symbol: | rail |
Symbol Location: | ni |
Address: | Portrush |
Country: | Northern Ireland |
Coordinates: | 55.1964°N -6.6614°W |
Structure: | At-grade |
Platform: | 1 |
Tracks: | 1 |
Years: | 1969 2008 |
Events: | Station opened Station refurbished |
Owned: | NI Railways |
Operator: | NI Railways |
Map Type: | Northern Ireland#Island of Ireland |
Mapframe: | yes |
Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
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Dhu Varren (Irish: Dúbhearn)[1] is a railway halt in the townland of Glenmanus at the western edge of Portrush in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is an unstaffed halt on the Coleraine-Portrush railway line, less than a mile from the terminus, with a single platform.
It was opened on 10 February 1969 mainly to cater for travel to the station at Coleraine University.[2]
Monday to Friday, the first 2 trains from Portrush are through trains to Belfast Grand Central then the rest of the day an hourly service operates to Coleraine and Portrush
On Saturdays, the first train from Portrush is a through train to Belfast Grand Central. For the rest of the day, an hourly service operates to Coleraine and Portrush
On Sunday, there is an hourly service to Portrush and Coleraine, and a service extension to Belfast Grand Central every two hours.[3]