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Dhu Varren railway station

Coordinates: 55°11′47″N 6°39′41″W / 55.19639°N 6.66139°W / 55.19639; -6.66139
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Dhu Varren
NI Railways
General information
LocationPortrush
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates55°11′47″N 6°39′41″W / 55.19639°N 6.66139°W / 55.19639; -6.66139
Owned byNI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Platforms1
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1969
2008
Station opened
Station refurbished

Dhu Varren is a railway halt in the townland of Glenmanus at the western edge of Portrush in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is an unstaffed halt on the Coleraine-Portrush railway line, less than a mile from the terminus, with a single platform.

It was opened on 10 February 1969[1] mainly to cater for travel to the station at Coleraine University.[2]

It has a surviving "somersault" type semaphore signal.[citation needed]

Service

From Monday to , an hourly service operates.[citation needed][when?] In one direction, trains alternate every hour between shuttle services to and from Coleraine, and through services to and from Great Victoria Street. The shuttle services connect with trains to and from Londonderry Waterside at Coleraine. In the other direction, trains operate every hour to Portrush.

On Sunday, there are no through services to Belfast, and only a shuttle service operates between Coleraine and Portrush every two hours. Passengers intending for stations elsewhere on the Belfast-Derry railway line must change trains at Coleraine.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
University style="background:#Template:NIRColor; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Northern Ireland Railways
Coleraine-Portrush
style="background:#Template:NIRColor; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" |   Portrush

References

  1. ^ "Dhu Varren station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
  2. ^ Rowledge, J. W. P. (1995). A regional history of railways. Vol. 16–Ireland. Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-906899-63-X.