Ballyliffin railway station
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Ballyliffin railway station | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Ballyliffin, County Donegal Ireland | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 55°16′43″N 7°23′37″W / 55.2787°N 7.3935°W | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 July 1901 | ||||||||||
Closed | 2 December 1935 | ||||||||||
Original company | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway | ||||||||||
Post-grouping | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway | ||||||||||
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Ballyliffin railway station served Ballyliffin in County Donegal, Ireland. Built by the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway Company, the railway station was in use from 1901 to 1935.
History
The station opened on 1 July 1901 on the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway line from Londonderry Graving Dock to Carndonagh. The station closed for passengers on 2 December 1935.[1]
It is now privately owned.
Architecture
According to its entry in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH), the building is a "typical example of the railway stations along the Tooban to Carndonagh line".[2] It has a pitched slate roof, red brick chimneystacks, and yellow brick detailing. The NIAH entry states that it retains a number of "original features of interest", such as decorative clay ridge comb tiles and horned timber sash windows.[2]
References
- ^ "Ballyliffin Halt station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
- ^ a b "Ballyliffin Railway Station, Ballyliffin, Ballyliffin, Donegal". National Built Heritage Service. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
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