Desertmartin railway station was on the

Draperstown Railway The Draperstown Railway was an Irish gauge () in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. History The line was built between 1881 and 1883, a short single-track branch line in length, to connect Magherafelt and Draperstown. The engineer was Joh ...

which ran from

Magherafelt Magherafelt (, �mˠaxəɾʲəˈfʲiːlt̪ˠə is a small town and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 8,805 at the 2011 Census. It is the biggest town in the south of the county and is the social, econo ...

Draperstown Draperstown ()Toner, Gregory. ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', p. 85. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996; is a village in the Sperrin Mountains in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballinascreen an ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

History

The station was opened by the

on 20 July 1883. It was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee in July 1895. The station closed to passengers on 1 October 1930.

References

Disused railway stations in County Londonderry Railway stations opened in 1883 Railway stations closed in 1930 {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub