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Union Street Mews, COLERAINE, BT52 1EN

A small Cavanagh cover, over what might be a stop valve, at the Railway Road end of the Circular Road.

A steep street running from the Circular Road (out of picture – foreground) to Union Street.

A “PUFFIN” pedestrian crossing at the corner of the Railway Road and the Circular Road (out of picture to the left). One of twenty installed or to be installed at various places throughout NI. To quote from the official announcement “PUFFIN stands for Pedestrian User Friendly Intelligent Crossing. The major differences between PUFFINS and Pelicans are that PUFFINS have the red/green man on the push button unit beside the pedestrian; there is no flashing amber signal to drivers – they are held on a red signal until pedestrians have completed their crossing and the time for pedestrians to cross the road can be extended by sensors which detect people still on the crossing. Drivers also benefit from PUFFINS when a pedestrian pushes the push button and then moves away, the demand for the green man is cancelled so drivers do not experience an unnecessary delay.” This is the “red man” aspect. Image shows “green man” aspect.

See Image showing the “red man” aspect. This is the “green man” aspect.

A small anonymous cover, over what might be a stop valve, on the Circular Road, close to Martin’s Brae Image

Cast sign at the Circular Road end of Martins Brae Image

See Image A Moore’s foundry drain cover at the railway end of Union Street.

A Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway Plaxton-bodied Volvo coach (DUI 257) parked at Union Street.

See Image This stretch of old railway (mentioned in the caption) has an interesting history. It opened in 1860 as part of the line between Belfast York Road and Londonderry Waterside. At the time Coleraine station occupied a site at the Waterside on the western side of the Bann. The Bann Bridge Image, together with a realigned stretch of railway, opened 1924 leaving the line as a goods-only branch serving the harbour. It eventually fell into disuse in 1963 before being lifted circa 1966 and is now mostly built over. The view is from Brook Street towards the present station Image in Railway Road.

Union street with our next target being Bushmills, the place of the whiskey distillery. The bunting flying between the lamp posts is Union Jack flags, which I suppose is not surprising in this area.