Castlerock railway station

Castlerock
Castlerock station in 2009, prior to the line being singled.
General information
Location	Castlerock Northern Ireland
Coordinates	55°9′55″N 6°47′13″W / 55.16528°N 6.78694°W / 55.16528; -6.78694
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1853	Opened
1970	New signalbox opened
2008	Refurbished
2016	Passing loop removed, signalbox closed
Passengers
2022/23	107,026 [1]
2023/24	139,352 [2]
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Castlerock railway station serves the villages of Castlerock, Articlave and their surrounding hamlets in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Walkers use the station to reach Mussenden Temple, Downhill Strand and Benone.

The station opened on 18 July 1853 and was built to a design by the architect Charles Lanyon. It comprised a single-storey red brick on the 'up' platform. There is a modern two storey addition to this in a similar style.^[3]

As part of works to upgrade the Coleraine-Derry railway line, the passing loop at Castlerock station was discontinued and replaced with a new loop at Bellarena. The station signal box which was the last full-time mechanical signal box on the NIR network and the last to use block tokens was subsequently closed on 2 November 2016.^[4] The down platform, despite receiving a complete refurbishment two years prior, has now been taken out of service and the track lifted. All services calling at Castlerock now use the former up platform.