Downhill railway station

Downhill
Location
Place	Downhill
Area	County Londonderry
Coordinates	55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°WCoordinates: 55°09′59″N 6°49′14″W / 55.166446°N 6.820480°W
Operations
Original company	Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping	Northern Ireland Railways
Platforms	1
History
18 July 1853	Station opens
3 September 1973	Station closes
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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.

Routes

Preceding station	Northern Ireland Railways			Following station
Castlerock		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry		Magilligan
	Historical railways
Castlerock Line and station open		Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Coleraine-Derry		Umbra Line open, station closed

References

1. "Downhill station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
2. The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984