Английская Википедия:Derry ~ Londonderry railway station
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Hiberno-English Шаблон:Infobox station Derry ~ Londonderry railway station, also known as North West Transport Hub[1] or Waterside railway station[2][3][4] (and formerly just Londonderry railway station), is a railway terminus in Derry, Northern Ireland, on the east bank of the River Foyle, operated by Northern Ireland Railways and its 8th biggest station across the network with 723,776 passengers in the 22/23 year.[5] It is on the Belfast–Derry railway line, terminating at Шаблон:Stnlink.
History
The original Londonderry Waterside Station was opened on 29 December 1852 by Steven Alfred John Campbell, a well-known banker of the time. It was rebuilt into the current building by the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway in 1874.
Derry historically had four passenger termini. On the west side of the river, Graving Dock station served the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway and destinations to the west and Foyle Road station (which replaced the short-lived Cow Market station) served the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway to Enniskillen via Strabane and Omagh. On the east side of the river, Victoria Road station served the alternative Donegal Railway Company (later Great Northern Railway) line to Strabane and Waterside station served the line to Belfast via the north coast. Although passenger trains terminated at these respective stations, all four railways were linked by freight lines through the city and the Craigavon Bridge.
As a result of a series of closures of the other lines, Waterside was the only station to have survived closure by 1965. Services were reduced and the track layout was severely rationalised. The line now consists of a single track with passing loops at Bellarena and Coleraine stations. The station name was changed to Londonderry, as the suffix Waterside became redundant upon closure of the city's two other railway termini. Although this is the station's official name the platform signs at the station read Derry~Londonderry[6] while the destination signs on Northern Ireland Railways trains read Derry/Londonderry.
Шаблон:Stack The station was damaged in two terrorist attacks in the 1970s forcing it to be closed on 24 February 1980. A third station of the same name replaced the larger terminus in 1980.[7]
Prior to Derry becoming the inaugural UK City of Culture in 2013,[8] the railway line was upgraded with re-laid track, a track relay and sections of continuous welded rail [9]
In 2010, the Minister for Regional Development, Conor Murphy, mooted the possibility of building a new railway station that would connect the railway with a planned foot and cycle bridge across the Foyle, bringing it closer to the centre of the city.[3]
On 6 October 2016, Translink confirmed that the railway would be returning to the former BNCR Waterside station which will be used as a new transport hub for the city.[10] As part of this work, platform 2 was taken out of use in September 2018 and the block section to Bellarena converted to One Train Working operation. The 1980 station closed on 8 October 2019 to allow the completion of work on the new station on the former site just to the north.[11]
The new station is part of the North West Transport Hub and is on the site of the old Waterside Station.[12] It opened for rail traffic on 21 October 2019, with the 1980s station being demolished on 5–6 December 2019.
Design
The station uses the former train shed as a waiting room, café,[13] and ticket hall for NIR services to and from Coleraine and Belfast. Two platforms are provided one on the river side of the former train shed, the other approximately on the site of the old arrival platform, with a siding adjacent to it for stabling empty stock.
The site of the former departure platform, next to the riverside greenway is unoccupied.[14]
Services
From Mondays to Saturdays as of 2024, an hourly service operates to Шаблон:Stnlink, reduced to every two hours on Sundays. Buses also serve the location which is being marketed as the North West Transport Hub.[15]
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Gallery
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Northwest Transport hub Entrance as of 2023
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Class 3000 waiting to depart from Derry~Londonderry to Belfast Great Victoria Street 30 March 2008
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Class 4000 arriving in Derry~Londonderry 28 September 2017
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Class 400 DMU aproaching Derry~Londonderry beside the Foyle river 22 June 2023
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View of the Platforms
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Inside the North West Transport Hub
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The former Derry~Londonderry Station
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Two 70-class sets at Waterside Station 10 August 1974
See also
- Peace Bridge (Foyle)
- Londonderry Cow Market railway station
- Londonderry Foyle Road railway station
- Londonderry Graving Dock railway station
- Londonderry Victoria Road railway station
References
External links
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