Disused Stations: Londonderry Graving Dock Station

[Source: Jim McBride & Paul Wright]

Date opened:	31.12.1863
Location:	East side of Strand Road just to noth of its junction with Rock Road
Company on opening:	Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway
Date closed to passengers:	6.9.1948
Date closed completely:	9.8.1953
Company on closing:	Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway
Present state:	Demolished
County:	Londonderry
OS Grid Ref:	C184439
Date of visit:	7.9.2016

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CLICK HERE FOR A DETAILED HISTORY OF LONDONDERRY GRAVING DOCK STATION

Tickets from Michael Stewart. Timetables from Jim McBride and route map by Alan Young

Sources:

Bell D & Flanders S The Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway - A Visitors Guide(County Donegal Railways Restoration Society, xxxx)
Flanders S, S Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway - An Irish Railway Pictorial(Midland Publishing, 1997)
Johnson, S Johnson's Atlas & Gazetteer of The Railways of Ireland (Midland Publishing, 1997)
Mahon, G Irish Railway Record Society Journals - 1954 to 1985 (Irish Railway Record Society)
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To see the other disused stations between Londonderry Middle Quay and Buncrana click on the station name: Londonderry Middle Quay,
Pennyburn Halt, Gallagh Road, Harrity's Road, Bridge End, Burnfoot,
Tooban Junction, Inch Road, Lamberton's Halt, Fahan,
Beach Platform, Golf Platform and Buncrana

See also: Trady and Farland Point

Londonderry Graving Dock looking south-west on 19 April 1948. Waiting to depart on a train for Buncrana is L&LSR x.x.0 locomotive number 10. Graving Dock had never been a particularly attractive station and by this date it had lost most of its roof.
Copyright photo by H C Casserley from the Ernies Railway Archive collection

The Londonderry Graving Dock station shown on a 25-inch scale map from 1873. At this time Graving Dock was not served by passenger trains which ran to and from Londonderry Middle Quay. It was however used by goods trains. The station reopened for passenger services on 1 January 1888.

Looking towards the ticket barriers at Londonderry Graving Dock station on 24 June 1937. Stored out of use at the station is L&LSR 4.6.2T locomotive number 16.
Copyright photo by H C Casserley from Ernies Railway Archive

Londonderry Graving Dock station looking south-west in the summer of 1971.
Photo by Pete Leigh from the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre collection

Looking south-west along Strand Road at the site of Londonderry Graving Dock station on xx December 2020. Although Strand Road follows its original alignment it is much wider than it was when the railway was in existence. The station had occupied the ground to the left of the traffic island.
Photo by Jim McBride

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Station Name: LONDONDERRY GRAVING DOCK