Foyle Road to Strabane

[airfixfan]

Enjoy the journey and history of this line from the update today on the disused stations website. As a co-author if this work, all feedback is most welcome and a special thanks to Ernie for all his help. 

[Galteemore]

Great stuff Jim. It’s a great website, which I have used for many years, and your new material is a very useful addition.

Edited December 20, 2020 by Galteemore

[NIR]

Wonderful, I really enjoyed reading that.

I seem to recall my father calling it Foyle Street station. Foyle Road was a continuation of Foyle Street so maybe that was the local usage.

There was definitely something of it left in 1972 as I played inside it. Went in through the side entrance and remember bricks strewn around on the floor. At least one of those rounded kiosks near the entrance was still there at that time.

Edited December 20, 2020 by NIR

[airfixfan]

Interesting as we have photos of Foyle Road being demolished in September 1970 from the Derry Journal. This was to.make room for the new road scheme that became the Foyle Embabkmemt dual csrriageway.

[jhb171achill]

I must have got it just before demolition, then - it would have been 1969 or 70 when I was in it.

[airfixfan]

Thanks we have a photo from the Derry Journal from September 1970 showing the site being cleared. We are are not able to use that photo as it is poor quality so have ordered a new print from the Derry Journal but delayed by Covid!

[NIR]

3 minutes ago, airfixfan said:

Thanks we have a photo from the Derry Journal from September 1970 showing the site being cleared. We are are not able to use that photo as it is poor quality so have ordered a new print from the Derry Journal but delayed by Covid!

Will be interesting to see how cleared it was. I have always associated that memory with 1972 but it could have been 1970.

[airfixfan]

The photo wechavecfrom Derry Journal from September 1970 shows the station remains being demolished. Here is the only photo I have which is not good enough for the website.

[NIR]

Interesting, that's not unlike how I remember it with bricks strewn around. My memory would have been in a June or July.

[Lambeg man]

View of Foyle Road station in 1967: Photo by J.H. Cleary from Feb 1994 Railway Magazine

Edited December 21, 2020 by Lambeg man

[airfixfan]

Top photo is of the passenger station being demolished in September 1970 looking towards the City Centre. Bottom photo is of the goods station. Nothing remains except the water tower at the closed and defunct Foyle Valley Railway Museum.