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Eglinton railway station (Northern Ireland)

Eglinton railway station (Northern Ireland)

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

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

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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.

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

References

  1. [1]
    "Eglinton station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. [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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