Antrim railway station
General information | ||
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Location | Antrim, County Antrim Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council Northern Ireland | |
Coordinates | 54°43′06″N 6°12′41″W / 54.7182°N 6.2115°W | |
Owned by | NI Railways | |
Operated by | NI Railways | |
Platforms | 4 (2 disused) | |
Tracks | 4 | |
Bus stands | 4 | |
Bus operators | Ulsterbus and Goldline services | |
Construction | ||
Structure type | At-grade | |
Parking | Park and Ride | |
Bicycle facilities | Bicycle parking is available | |
Accessible | Ramps and lifts | |
Architect | Berkeley Deane Wise | |
History | ||
Rebuilt | 1901-02 | |
Key dates | ||
11 April 1848 | Station opens | |
1871 | Station renamed Antrim Junction | |
by July 1922 | Renamed Antrim | |
1965 | Goods traffic ceased | |
2008 | Refurbished | |
Services | ||
Male, female and disabled toilets (currently closed with reason unknown)
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Location | ||
Antrim railway station opened 1848 and serves the town of Antrim in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
The
History
Antrim station was opened by the
The station buildings at Antrim were rebuilt in 1901–02 to designs by the architect Berkeley Deane Wise. It was built in a red-brick, mock-Tudor design. The footbridge was built by Walter MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry in Glasgow.[1]
The main station buildings were on the down platform, and the signal box was at the Belfast end of the same platform. There was a bay at the back of the down line platform for branch line trains, and also on this side of the mainline were the locomotive sheds, turntable, goods store, and sidings.
The station was run by the
The station itself used to also have a Station Masters House and Goods Yards. The last known Station Master of Antrim Railway Station (Antrim Junction) was a Mr. Cupples. At its peak, Antrim Railway Station was an important station linking many core routes now removed via its station.
The Station Masters House can still be seen (from outside). It has now been transformed into a health centre.
Service
On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to
On Sundays, services alternate between Derry~Londonderry or Portrush and the last service terminating at Coleraine. In the other direction, there is an hourly service to Great Victoria Street.
The third platform for the Crumlin line is not signposted and has not been in passenger service since a diversion from the Bleach Green Line in 2014.
See also
References
- ^ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984