Coleraine

Location type


Name and dates

Coleraine

Opened on the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway.





Dates

04/12/1855Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway
Opened from a new Ballymena station (just north of the Belfast and Ballymena Railway terminus Ballymena [1st] which closed) to Coleraine and Portrush. Stations opened at Ballymena, Killagan, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush
19/11/1860Belfast and Londonderry Railway
Opened from Coleraine (Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway) over the River Bann Viaduct [1st] (with lifting section) to the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, swinging over that line to reach it. This short line replaced the L&CR's Coleraine Waterside terminus and a half mile of line.
  /  /1914Bann Viaduct (Belfast and Northern Counties Railway)
Authorisation to built a new Bann Viaduct and improved alignment straightened north west from Coleraine station.
15/02/1965Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Railway Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Closure from Portadown Junction to Londonderry [Foyle Road] via Omagh. Traffic from Dublin for Donegal diverted via Coleraine instead.

Books

150 Years of the Great North: Tales of the Little But Good
A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway

Banff, Moray and Nairn's Lost Railways

Great North Memories: Aberdeen No. 2: Scenes of the North East's Own Railway

Great North Memories: LNER Era, 1923-47

Great North of Scotland Railway (History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands, vol. 3)

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

Great North of Scotland Railway Carriages

Great North of Scotland Railway Locomotives

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Great North of Scotland Railway v. 3
LNER Wagons: Volume 3: Scottish Area: Ex North British and Ex-Great North of Scotland Railway Wagons
Modelling the Great North of Scotland Railway
Moray Coast Railways
Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

Signalling and Signal Boxes along the North British Railway, Great North of Scotland Railway and the CLC Routes

Speyside Railways: Exploring the Remains of the Great North of Scotland Railways and Its Environs

The Great North of Scotland Railway - A New History

The Travellers Joy: The Story of the Morayshire Railway