Editing Derry (section)

=====21st century regeneration=====
In 2008, the Department for Regional Development announced plans to relay the track between Derry and Coleraine. The plan, aimed at being completed by 2013, included adding a [[passing loop]] to increase traffic capacity and increasing the number of trains with two additional [[diesel multiple unit]]s.<ref name="RailUpgrade">{{cite news |url=http://www.irishnews.com/articles/540/5860/2008/6/12/590126_34824869487716386&nbsp;m.html |title=£86&nbsp;m upgrade to rail link will 'take half an hour off journey' |last=McKinney |first=Seamus |date=12 June 2008 |work=[[The Irish News]] |access-date=14 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903221802/http://www.irishnews.com/articles/540/5860/2008/6/12/590126_34824869487716386%26nbsp%3Bm.html |archive-date=3 September 2015}}</ref> Additional phases of the plan also included improvements to existing stations along the line and the restoration of the former Victoria Road terminus building to prepare for the relocation of the city's current terminus station to the site, all for completion by late 2019.{{update inline |date=March 2021}} Costing around £86&nbsp;million, the improvements were aimed at reducing the journey time to Belfast by 30 minutes and allowing commuter trains to arrive before 9 a.m. for the first time.<ref name="RailUpgrade" />