1979

C4416 : Londonderry (Waterside) railway station (1)

taken 45 years ago, near to Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Londonderry (Waterside) railway station (1)
Londonderry (Waterside) railway station (1)
The former Belfast and Northern Counties Railway station, at Duke Street, near the end of its life. The building still exists but is no longer in railway use C4416 : Londonderry Waterside Railway Station. C4316 : Londonderry (Waterside) railway station (2) shows the replacement under construction.
Waterside Railway Station – Londonderry/Derry

The Londonderry & Coleraine Railway (L&C) opened its line from Waterside to Limavady Junction in 1852, extending to Coleraine in 1853. From 1861, the L&C was leased to the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway (BNCR), who absorbed the L&C in 1872. No records are known of the original L&C station, but the BNCR commissioned an impressive dressed sandstone structure from John Lanyon, which opened in 1875. In addition to the usual train shed, waiting, booking and refreshment facilities, this building also contained living accommodation, in use up to 1975 when the last resident was Northern Ireland Railways’ then North West Area Manager, Mr Alec Esdale. Unfortunately, the station was bombed in 1972, when the refreshment rooms were destroyed, and again on 22 September 1975 which obliterated the entire centre section.
Northern Ireland Railways closed Lanyon’s station on 24 February 1980, moving to new premises which, while closer to the Craigavon Bridge linking Waterside with the City, is a building of limited architectural merit. However,press reports in March 2014 confirm the station is to be restored and returned to use as a railway terminus: LinkExternal link
More information can be found: LinkExternal link
For the purpose of this Shared Description, Waterside station comprises the area from the 1980 station to the former down distant signal.


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Geographical Context: City, Town centre Railways other tags: Londonderry Railway Station Northern Ireland Railways Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Londonderry Waterside Station [12] Other Photos: · Londonderry (Waterside) railway station (2) ·
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C4416, 199 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 19 May, 1979   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 14 January, 2012
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! C 440 163 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:59.5725N 7:18.7716W
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Irish: geotagged! C 440 162
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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