Disused Stations: Donemana station

Donemana station looking north in June 1949. A Londonderry Victoria Road to Strabane service is seen at the former down platform. Since 1946 when the up side of the passing loop had been removed this platform had been served by trains running in both directions.
Copyright photo from the Millbrook House Ltd collection

A view of Donemana station seen from a departing train on 20 April 1953.
Photo by H C Casserley

The Donemana station goods facilities seen looking north on 31 December 1954. Although the station had lost the up side of its passing loop in 1946 it retained its goods facilities right up until the end.
Copyright photo by Leslie Hyland from the Irish Railway Record Society collection

A view looking north at Donemana station on 3 December 1955 shortly after the track had been lifted. Discarded sleepers can be seen to the left on the former up platform.
Copyright photo by Michael Bunch from the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre collection

The Donemana station site looking south on 3 December 1955. The main line had gone by this date but the goods sidings, seen to the left, were still in situ.
Copyright photo by Michael Bunch from the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre collection

A view looking south at the Donemana station site on 16 August 2020. The line followed the course of the track that can be seen in this view. The hedge to the left marks the location of the down platform.
Photo by Jim McBride

In this view looking south on 16 August 2020 the Donemana station house can be seen to the left. The hedge marks the point at which the edge of the down platform would have been. The up platform would have been to the right roughly where the scaffolding can be seen.
Photo by Jim McBride

A view looking north from the site of Donemana station on 16 August 2020. The down platform was to the right where the hedge is located. The up platform had been located to the left.
Photo by Jim McBride

The forecourt of Donemana station seen on 16 August 2020. The station house still survives albeit in a heavily modified form.
Photo by Jim McBride

A view looking north away from the Donemana station on 16 August 2020. The station goods facilities had been to the right. This view shows the area where the crash of 7 September 1913 took place. In the distance the Ballyheather Road overbridge can be seen. The downhill gradient at this point, a contributory factor in the accident, is clearly illustrated.
Photo by Jim McBride

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