Coleraine railway station
Coleraine  | |
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| Location |
Coleraine Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 55°08′02″N 6°39′47″W / 55.133856°N 6.662937°WCoordinates: 55°08′02″N 6°39′47″W / 55.133856°N 6.662937°W |
| Owned by | NI Railways |
| Operated by | NI Railways |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Key dates | |
| 1855 | Opened |
| 1965 | Goods traffic ceased |
| 2000 | Interchange station built |
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 UK Railways portal | |
Coleraine railway station serves the town of Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It shares facilities with the town's Ulsterbus bus depot.
History
The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855 to designs by the architect Charles Lanyon. A similar range of buildings was provided on the east side of the tracks in the 1880s.
The shared train and bus station building has a distinctive rotunda with a high arched entrance, by GM Design Associates.[1]
A short distance from the station is a bascule bridge over the River Bann accommodating the railway over the river navigation.
Current Service
On weekdays, there is an hourly service operating to Great Victoria Street, with extra services at peak times, and some late night and early morning trains terminating here. In the other direction, the service alternates every hour between continuing on to Londonderry Waterside, or travelling to Portrush via the Coleraine-Portrush railway line.
On Saturdays, the service remains hourly, with fewer peak time services.
On Sundays, only seven trains operate, all between Londonderry Waterside and Great Victoria Street, with the exception of the first and last trains of the day, which start from and terminate here respectively.
| Preceding station | Northern Ireland Railways |
Following station | ||
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| Ballymoney | Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry |
Castlerock or Terminus | ||
| Terminus | Northern Ireland Railways Coleraine-Portrush |
University | ||
| Disused railways | ||||
| Terminus | Ulster Transport Authority Harbour Branch |
Coleraine Harbour Line and station closed | ||
| Historical railways | ||||
| Terminus | Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Coleraine-Derry |
Barmouth Line open, station closed | ||
| Macfin Line open, station closed |
BBCPJ Railway Ballymena-Portrush |
Cromore Line open, station closed | ||
References
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