Magilligan railway station

Magilligan railway station served Magilligan in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

Magilligan
Magilligan railway station photographed on 6 May 2008
LocationMagilligan, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates55.1519°N 6.8913°W / 55.1519; -6.8913
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-groupingNorthern Ireland Railways
Key dates
1 November 1853Station opens
17 October 1976Station closes

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.

Routes
Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Castlerock   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry		   Bellarena
  Historical railways  
Umbra
Line open, station closed		   Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Coleraine-Derry		   Bellarena
Line and station open
Terminus   Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Magilligan Point Tramway		   Drummond
Line and station closed

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


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