Magilligan railway station served the area of

Magilligan Magilligan () is a peninsula that lies in the northwest of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, at the entrance to Lough Foyle, within Causeway Coast and Glens district. It is an extensive coastal site, part British army firing range, part ...

in County Londonderry in

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. The

Londonderry and Coleraine Railway The Londonderry & Coleraine Railway is a 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 seven years befor ...

opened the station on 1 November 1853. A station building was erected between 1873 and 1875 to designs by the architect John Lanyon.The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 A very short-lived horse-drawn tram operated from this station to

Magilligan Point Magilligan () is a peninsula that lies in the northwest of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, at the entrance to Lough Foyle, within Causeway Coast and Glens district. It is an extensive coastal site, part British army firing range, par ...

in 1855. Towards the end of the station's life, it was used for prison visits to the nearby HMP Magilligan. It closed on 17 October 1976.

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Disused railway stations in County Londonderry Railway stations opened in 1853 Railway stations closed in 1976 {{Ireland-railstation-stub Railway stations in Ireland opened in 1853