Letterkenny (CDRJC) | |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Borough: | Letterkenny, County Donegal |
Country: | Ireland |
Coordinates: | 54.9537°N -7.7286°W |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Original: | Strabane and Letterkenny Railway |
Opened: | 1 January 1909 |
Closed: | 1 January 1960 |
Architect: | Courtney & Co. Robert McAlpine & Sons |
Letterkenny (CDR) railway station served the town of Letterkenny in County Donegal, Ireland.[1]
The station opened on 1 January 1909 when the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee built the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway from Strabane to Letterkenny.[2]
The station was built adjacent to the existing Letterkenny (LLS) railway station operated by the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway and had a siding connection to the system of this company.
The station had non-passenger facilities as freight was an important part of the business rationale for the railway's construction. There was a goods store, a crane, cattle pens, signal box, water tank, turntable and an engine shed.
The last train arrived on 31 December 1959. It closed on 1 January 1960.[3] CDRJC road services continued to use the station until they were taken over by CIÉ on 10 July 1971.[4] The station building is now used by Bus Éireann as the Letterkenny bus station.