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Castlerock railway station

Coordinates: 55°9′55″N 6°47′13″W / 55.16528°N 6.78694°W / 55.16528; -6.78694
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Castlerock
NI Railways
Photo down the length of the station showing the bridge over both tracks
Castlerock station in 2009, prior to the line being singled.
General information
LocationCastlerock
Northern Ireland
Coordinates55°9′55″N 6°47′13″W / 55.16528°N 6.78694°W / 55.16528; -6.78694
Owned byNI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1853Opened
1970New signalbox opened
2008Refurbished
2016Passing loop removed, signalbox closed
Passengers
2022/23107,026 [1]
2023/24Increase 139,352 [2]
Route map

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Year
closed
Great Victoria Street
2024
Belfast Grand Central Belfast-Bangor railway line Belfast-Dublin railway line Belfast-Larne railway line Belfast-Newry railway line
City Hospital Belfast-Bangor railway line Belfast-Larne railway line
Botanic Belfast-Bangor railway line Belfast-Larne railway line
Lanyon Place Belfast-Bangor railway line Belfast-Larne railway line
York Street Belfast-Larne railway line
Yorkgate
2024
York Road depot
York Road
1992
Fortwilliam Traincare Depot
Whiteabbey Belfast-Larne railway line
1963
Monkstown
1981
Mossley
1982
Mossley West
Ballyclare Junction
1961
Ballyclare branch line
to Lisnalinchy, Ballyclare
1930
Ballyrobert
1920
Doagh
1970
Templepatrick
1981
Dunadry
1954
Muckamore
1961
Antrim
Cookstown Junction
1976
1955
Kellswater
1971
Andraid
1850
1950
Ballymena
1940
Cullybackey
Glarryford
1973
Killagan
1973
Dunloy
1976
Ballymoney
1950
1950
Macfin
1954
Coleraine Coleraine-Portrush railway line
Coleraine Harbour
1963
Coleraine Waterside
1861
Barmouth
1856
Castlerock
Castlerock Tunnel
Downhill Tunnel
Downhill
1973
Umbra
1861
Magilligan
1976
Bellarena
Limavady Junction
1976
Ballykelly
1954
Carrichue
1954
Faughanvale
1859
Eglinton
1973
Derry~Londonderry
Location
Castlerock is located in Northern Ireland
Castlerock
Castlerock
Location within Northern Ireland
Castlerock is located in island of Ireland
Castlerock
Castlerock
Location on the Island of Ireland
Map

Castlerock railway station serves the villages of Castlerock, Articlave and their surrounding hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Walkers use the station to reach Mussenden Temple, Downhill Strand and Benone.

Trains crossing at Castlerock in 2016. The down platform on the left has now been taken out of service and no longer has a running track.

The station opened on 18 July 1853 and was built to a design by the architect Charles Lanyon. It comprised a single-storey red brick on the 'up' platform. There is a modern two storey addition to this in a similar style.[3]

As part of works to upgrade the Coleraine-Derry railway line, the passing loop at Castlerock station was discontinued and replaced with a new loop at Bellarena. The station signal box which was the last full-time mechanical signal box on the NIR network and the last to use block tokens was subsequently closed on 2 November 2016.[4] The down platform, despite receiving a complete refurbishment two years prior, has now been taken out of service and the track lifted. All services calling at Castlerock now use the former up platform.

Service

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Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service towards Derry~Londonderry or Belfast Grand Central operated by Northern Ireland Railways.

On Sundays there are 6 trains in each direction.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Coleraine   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
  Bellarena
  Historical railways  
Barmouth
Line open, station closed
  Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Coleraine-Derry
  Downhill
Line open, station closed

References

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  1. ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ McCutcheon, William Alan (1984). The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland (1st American ed.). Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 978-0-8386-3125-6.
  4. ^ "Castlerock: Final stop for NI Railways train signal box". BBC News. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2021.