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Londonderry/Derry Railway Station Waterside Railway Station 
Original station dating from 1852 Location Place Derry Local authority Derry City Coordinates 54°59′31″N 7°18′50″W / 54.992069°N 7.313788°WCoordinates: 54°59′31″N 7°18′50″W / 54.992069°N 7.313788°W Operations Platforms in use 2 History 1852
1980Opened
Original station closed; new station openedNI Railways - Translink - NI railway stations Londonderry/Derry Railway Station, known commonly as Waterside Railway Station,[1][2][3] serves the city of Derry in Northern Ireland. The station is also used by residents of the west of County Londonderry, much of west Tyrone and County Donegal. It is operated by Northern Ireland Railways. Services run to Great Victoria Street, which is the terminus for the line from Belfast.
The original Londonderry Waterside Station was opened on 29 December 1852.[4] It closed on 24 March 1980, but the station building remains intact. A new station of the same name replaced the larger terminus in 1980, after services were reduced and track layout was severely rationalised. The line consists of a single jointed track with loops at Castlerock and Coleraine stations.
The station signs now read Londonderry, as the suffix Waterside became redundant upon closure of the city's two other railway termini. Despite the nameboard inscriptions, the destination signs on any Northern Ireland Railways train read Derry/Londonderry.
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.[5]
Service
As of September 2009, from Mondays to Saturdays there is a two-hourly service towards Belfast Great Victoria Street operated by Northern Ireland Railways, with five trains each way running on Sundays.[6]
Preceding station 
Northern Ireland RailwaysFollowing station Bellarena Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-DerryTerminus References
- ^ http://www.geograph.ie/photo/344922
- ^ http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/New-Waterside-rail-station-at.6103812.jp
- ^ http://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/Waterside-is-least-monitored-railway.6353831.jp
- ^ "Londonderry Waterside station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ^ New Waterside rail station at Peace Bridge mooted - Londonderry Sentinel, 25/02/10
- ^ Northern Ireland Railways timetable, December 2009
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External links
Categories:- Railway stations in County Londonderry
- Buildings and structures in Derry
- Railway stations opened in 1852
- Railway stations served by NI Railways
- Northern Ireland railway station stubs
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