Strabane (GNRI) | |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Status: | Demolished |
Address: | Railway St. |
Borough: | Strabane, County Tyrone Northern Ireland |
Country: | UK |
Coordinates: | 54.8305°N -7.4703°W |
Elevation: | 13 ft |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Original: | Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway |
Postgroup: | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) |
Years: | 19 April 1847 |
Events: | Station opens |
Years1: | 15 February 1965 |
Events1: | Station closes |
Strabane railway station served Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom.
The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway opened the station on 19 April 1847. It was taken over by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in 1883.
The Finn Valley Railway began Irish gauge services from this station to Stranorlar railway station from 7 September 1863. When this route was converted to on 16 July 1894 the Donegal Railway Company built another station in Strabane adjacent to the GNRI railway station. The two stations were linked by a footbridge.
It closed on 15 February 1965 when the Ulster Transport Authority mothballed the Derry Road line.[1]
The remains of the station were demolished in 1989[2] and the location is now occupied by an Asda car park.
It was proposed the station be reopened in 2023 by the All-Island Strategic Rail Review as part of a Derry—Portadown railway,[3] although action has yet to be taken as of April 2024.