Coleraine railway station

Coleraine
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Location	Coleraine Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1855	Opened
1965	Goods traffic ceased
2000	Interchange station built
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Coleraine railway station serves the town of Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It shares facilities with the town's Ulsterbus bus depot.

History

The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855 to designs by the architect Charles Lanyon. A similar range of buildings was provided on the east side of the tracks in the 1880s.

The shared train and bus station building has a distinctive rotunda with a high arched entrance, by GM Design Associates.

A short distance from the station is a bascule bridge over the River Bann accommodating the railway over the river navigation.

Current Service

On weekdays, there is an hourly service operating to Great Victoria Street, with extra services at peak times, and some late night and early morning trains terminating here. In the other direction, the service alternates every hour between continuing on to Londonderry Waterside, or travelling to Portrush via the Coleraine-Portrush railway line.

On Saturdays, the service remains hourly, with fewer peak time services.

On Sundays, only seven trains operate, all between Londonderry Waterside and Great Victoria Street, with the exception of the first and last trains of the day, which start from and terminate here respectively.

Preceding station	Northern Ireland Railways			Following station
Ballymoney		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry		Castlerock or Terminus
Terminus		Northern Ireland Railways Coleraine-Portrush		University
	Disused railways
Terminus		Ulster Transport Authority Harbour Branch		Coleraine Harbour Line and station closed
	Historical railways
Terminus		Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Coleraine-Derry		Barmouth Line open, station closed
Macfin Line open, station closed		BBCPJ Railway Ballymena-Portrush		Cromore Line open, station closed

Future Operations

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NIR Class 4000 (C4K) diesel multiple unit in Coleraine.

After the re-signalling phase in 2015, an hourly service between Belfast and Derry is intended.