Downhill railway station explained

Downhill
Status:Disused
Borough:Downhill, County Londonderry
Country:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:55.1664°N -6.8205°W
Platforms:1
Original:Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pregroup:Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Postgroup:Northern Ireland Railways
Years:18 July 1853
Events:Station opens
Years1:3 September 1973
Events1:Station 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Downhill station . Railscot - Irish Railways . 2012-04-29.
  2. The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984