University railway station (Northern Ireland)
University is a halt serving the University of Ulster at Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Ballysally in the north of Coleraine.
NIR Class 80 train at University station in 1979 | |
Location | Coleraine Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 55°09′02″N 6°40′06″W |
Owned by | NI Railways |
Operated by | NI Railways |
Platforms | 1 |
Tracks | 1 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Key dates | |
1968 | Station opened |
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It is a single line halt on the Coleraine-Portrush railway line with a single platform and shelter and is unstaffed.
The halt is often extremely busy, given its proximity to the University. Portrush has a large number of students living in it and many of them use the train as transport. It is also used by many passengers to connect to the mainline station at Coleraine for onward journeys to Derry and Belfast.
Service
Monday to Friday, first two trains from Portrush are through trains to Great Victoria street then the rest of the day an hourly service operates to Coleraine and Portrush.
On Saturdays, the first train from Portrush is a through train to Great Victoria Street, then the rest of the day an hourly service operates to Coleraine and Portrush.
On Sunday, there is an hourly service to Portrush and Coleraine, with the service extending to Great Victoria street every two hours.
Preceding station | Following station | |||
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Coleraine | Northern Ireland Railways Coleraine-Portrush |
Dhu Varren |
References
- "University station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
- Rowledge, J. W. P. (1995). A regional history of railways, vol. 16 – Ireland. Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-906899-63-X.