Londonderry Victoria Road railway station

Derry Victoria Road
Building when occupied by O'Neill & McHenry
General information
LocationDerry
County Londonderry
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°59′21″N 7°19′00″W / 54.9893°N 7.3167°W / 54.9893; -7.3167
History
Original companyDonegal Railway Company
Post-groupingCounty Donegal Railways Joint Committee
Key dates
6 August 1900Station opens
1 January 1955Station closes

Londonderry Victoria Road railway station served Derry, County Londonderry, in Northern Ireland.

Former Victoria Road station buildings, now Bargain Bottle Cash and Carry

It was opened by the Donegal Railway Company on 6 August 1900. It was built in red brick in 1899–1900 by R Campbell & Son of Belfast to designs by James Barton. Its front elevation faced the Craigavon Bridge.

It closed on 1 January 1955.[1]

The station building was purchased by O'Neill & McHenry, a firm of wholesale grocers, who adapted it for storage purposes.

The former bonded warehouse which presently has the address of 6 Victoria Road has been inhabited by Dawson Hinds Office Furniture Centre since the early 1990s.

Between 1972 and 1978, part of the building was leased to the North West of Ireland Railway Society, which used it to house the Foyle Valley Railway Museum. [2][3]

Routes

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Donegal Railway Company
Londonderry to Strabane 1900–1955 		  New Buildings

See also

References

  1. ^ "Londonderry Victoria Road station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  2. ^ William Alan McCutcheon, The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
  3. ^ Johnston, Norman (2003). The Irish Narrow Gauge in Colour. Newtownards: Colourpoint Books. pp. 100–103. ISBN 1904242138.
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