Coleraine–Portrush line

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Portrush line
Irish gauge
Electrification	Un-electrified
Operating speed	70 mph (110 km/h)
Route map Legend Portrush Dhu Varren Cromore University Derry~Londonderry Coleraine Belfast-Derry railway line to Lanyon Place This diagram: view talk edit

The Coleraine–Portrush line is a short

Monday to Friday, first 2 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, and with the service extending to Great Victoria Street every two hours.

Monday to Sunday all passengers for

The line was built as part of the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway, authorised in 1853. The engineer was Charles Lanyon and the contractor and major sponsor of the line was William Dargan. It was opened in 1855. In 1860, a junction with the Derry line was made at Coleraine, leaving the line from there to the terminus at Portrush as a branch.^{[1][page needed]}

Winter services were suspended from 1960, but opening of the

The intermediate station for Portstewart (via the Portstewart Tramway) was located at Cromore and closed in 1964. This station then reopened in 1968 but closed again in 1988.^{[2][page needed]}

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