Eglinton railway station served the village of Eglinton in

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Londonderry and Coleraine Railway The Londonderry & Coleraine Railway is a Rail transport, railway line between the cities of Derry and Coleraine in County Londonderry, built by the Londonderry & Coleraine Railway Company (L&CR). The company operated the line independently for s ...

opened the station as Willsborough on 29 November 1852. It was renamed Muff on 1 October 1853, and Eglinton on 1 February 1854. New station buildings were erected between 1873 and 1875 to designs by the architect

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.The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 It closed on 2 July 1973.

Routes

File:Steam train at Eglinton station - geograph.org.uk - 2422828.jpg, Steam train passing through Eglinton station on 1 September 1979 File:Level Crossing Donnybrewer - geograph.org.uk - 379259.jpg,

Level crossing A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, Trail, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an Overpass#Railway, overpass ...

in Eglinton in 2007 File:Eglinton signal cabin - geograph.org.uk - 2422805.jpg, Eglinton

Signal Cabin On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetabl ...

in 1975

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* Disused railway stations in County Londonderry Railway stations opened in 1852 Railway stations closed in 1972 1852 establishments in Ireland {{Ireland-railstation-stub Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1852