Magilligan railway station explained

Magilligan
Status:Disused
Borough:Magilligan, County Londonderry
Country:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:55.1519°N -6.8913°W
Original:Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pregroup:Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Postgroup:Northern Ireland Railways
Years:1 November 1853
Events:Station opens
Years1:17 October 1976
Events1:Station closes

Magilligan railway station served the area of Magilligan in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway opened the station on 1 November 1853.[1] A station building was erected between 1873 and 1875 to designs by the architect John Lanyon.[2]

A very short-lived horse-drawn tram operated from this station to Magilligan Point in 1855. Towards the end of the station's life, it was used for prison visits to the nearby HMP Magilligan. It closed on 17 October 1976.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Magilligan 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