Eglinton railway station (Northern Ireland)

This article is about the station in Northern Ireland. For other uses, see Eglinton station (disambiguation).

Eglinton
NIR 80 Class train passing through Eglinton station in 1979
General information
LocationEglinton, County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates55°03′02″N 7°11′05″W / 55.0505°N 7.1847°W / 55.0505; -7.1847
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondonderry and Coleraine Railway
Pre-groupingBelfast and Northern Counties Railway
Post-groupingNorthern Ireland Railways
Key dates
29 November 1852Station opens as Willsborough
1 October 1853Station renamed Muff
1 February 1854Station renamed Eglinton
1873–1875New station buildings erected
2 July 1973Station closes. (Regular services had ceased on 15 March 1971 but the station remained "available for use as required"
Location
Eglinton
Location within Northern Ireland

Eglinton railway station served the village of Eglinton in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.

The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway opened the station as Willsborough on 29 November 1852.[1] It was renamed Muff on 1 October 1853, and Eglinton on 1 February 1854.

New station buildings were erected between 1873 and 1875 to designs by the architect John Lanyon.[2]

It closed on 2 July 1973.

Routes

  • Steam train passing through Eglinton station on 1 September 1979
  • Level crossing in Eglinton in 2007
  • Eglinton Signal Cabin in 1975

References

  1. ^ "Eglinton 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
  • Media related to Eglinton railway station at Wikimedia Commons


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