Limavady Junction railway station

Limavady Junction
Remains of the station in 2006
Location
Area	County Londonderry
Coordinates	55°04′24″N 7°00′08″W / 55.0734°N 7.0023°WCoordinates: 55°04′24″N 7°00′08″W / 55.0734°N 7.0023°W
Operations
Original company	Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-grouping	Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-grouping	Northern Ireland Railways
Platforms	2
History
1 March 1855	Station opens as Newton Junction
1 October 1875	Station renamed Limavady Junction
17 October 1976	Station closes
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Limavady Junction railway station served Limavady in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway opened the station as Newton Junction on 1 March 1855.^[1] It was renamed Limavady Junction on 1 October 1875. At this time, new station buildings were provided to designs by the architect John Lanyon.^[2]

It closed on 17 October 1976.

Routes

Preceding station	Northern Ireland Railways			Following station
Bellarena		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry		Londonderry Waterside
	Historical railways
Bellarena Line open, station closed		Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Coleraine-Derry		Ballykelly Line open, station closed
Terminus		Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Limavady-Dungiven		Broighter Line and station closed

References

1. "Limavady Junction 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