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Limavady Railway

Limavady Railway
Overview
StatusDefunct
OwnerLondonderry and Coleraine Railway
LocaleNorthern Ireland
TerminiLimavady Junction
Dungiven
Stations7
Service
Operator(s)Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
History
Opened29 December 1852
Closed2 May 1955
Technical
Track gauge1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Route map

Londonderry Waterside
Culmore
Eglinton
Faughanvale
Carrichue
Ballykelly
Limavady Junction
Belfast–Derry line
to Belfast Central
Broighter
Limavady
↑ closed 1950
↓ closed 1933
Ardmore
Drumsurn
Derryork
Dungiven

The Limavady Railway link by means of a branch line to the main Derry - Belfast line was closed on 2 May 1955. The spur ran from Limavady Junction to Limavady Station. The line then continued a further 7 miles to Dungiven. The Limavady to Dungiven section of the line was closed on 3 July 1950.

The terminus, Dungiven railway station, opened on 4 July 1883, closed for passenger traffic on 1 January 1933 and finally closed altogether on 3 July 1950.[1]

Although the line was removed, remnants of the line can be found around Limavady, usually in the form of bridges, including the old railway bridge outside Limavady on the Seacoast Road.

References

  1. ^ "Dungiven station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 12 October 2007.


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