- Dhu Varren halt
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Dhu Varren Location Place Portrush Local authority Coleraine Operations Platforms in use 1 History 1969
2008Station opened
Station refurbishedNI Railways - Translink - NI railway stations 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 University (Coleraine) railway station.[2]
It has a surviving "somersault" type semaphore signal.
Service
Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service towards Coleraine or Portrush with extra services at peak times Operated by Northern Ireland Railways. There are also some services which extend to Belfast Great Victora Street.
On Sundays there is a two hourly service in each direction.
Preceding station Northern Ireland Railways Following station University Northern Ireland Railways
Coleraine-PortrushPortrush References
- ^ "Dhu Varren station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ^ Rowledge, J. W. P. (1995). A regional history of railways, vol. 16 – Ireland. Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-906899-63-X.
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