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Coleraine railway station serves the town of Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It shares facilities with the town's Ulsterbus bus depot.

Coleraine
General information
Location	Coleraine Northern Ireland
Coordinates	55.133856°N 6.662937°W / 55.133856; -6.662937
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1855	Opened
1965	Goods traffic ceased
2000	Interchange station built
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History

The station was opened by the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway on 4 December 1855 to designs by the architect Charles Lanyon. A similar range of buildings was provided on the east side of the tracks in the 1880s.

The shared train and bus station building has a distinctive rotunda with a high arched entrance, by GM Design Associates.[1]

A short distance from the station is a bascule bridge over the River Bann accommodating the railway over the river navigation.

Service

On weekdays, there is an hourly service operating to Great Victoria Street, with extra services at peak times, and some late night and early morning trains terminating here. In the other direction, the service alternates every hour between continuing on to Londonderry, or travelling to Portrush via the Coleraine-Portrush railway line.

On Saturdays, the service remains hourly, with no peak time services.

On Sundays, trains alternate between Derry-Londonderry, Portrush and Great Victoria Street, offering an hourly service from Coleraine to Belfast 14 trains to and from Portrush but 8 of them trains start/terminating here and six trains to and from Londonderry.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Ballymoney		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry		Castlerock or Terminus
Terminus		Northern Ireland Railways Coleraine-Portrush		University
	Disused railways
Terminus		Ulster Transport Authority Harbour Branch		Coleraine Harbour Line and station closed
	Historical railways
Terminus		Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Coleraine-Derry		Barmouth Line open, station closed
Macfin Line open, station closed		BBCPJ Railway Ballymena-Portrush		Cromore Line open, station closed

References

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