Dhu Varren railway station
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| Place | Dhu Varren | ||
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| Managed by | Translink | ||
| Platforms in use | 1 | ||
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| 1969 2008 |
Station opened Station refurbished |
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Dhu Varren railway station is a railway station serving Dhu Varren, on the outskirts of Portrush in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
It is a single line halt on the Coleraine-Portrush railway line, less than a mile from the terminus, with a single platform and is unstaffed.
It was opened on 10 February 1969[1] primarily to cater for travel to University (Coleraine) railway station.[2]
It has a surviving "somersault" type semaphore signal.
| Preceding station | Northern Ireland Railways | Following station | ||
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| University | Northern Ireland Railways Coleraine-Portrush |
Portrush | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Dhu Varren station. Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
- ^ Rowledge, J. W. P. (1995). A regional history of railways, vol. 16 – Ireland. Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-906899-63-X.
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