Balmoral railway station
Appearance
Balmoral NIR Class 201 locomotive passing through Balmoral in 2007 | |||||||
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General information | |||||||
Location | Belfast Northern Ireland | ||||||
Coordinates | 54°34′08″N 5°58′06″W / 54.5688°N 5.9682°W | ||||||
Owned by | NI Railways | ||||||
Operated by | NI Railways | ||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||
Construction | |||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||
History | |||||||
Opened | 1858 | ||||||
Passengers | |||||||
2022/23 | 172,748 [1] | ||||||
2023/24 | 194,053 [2] | ||||||
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Balmoral railway station is located in the
Ballygammon in south Belfast, County Antrim
, Northern Ireland. The station opened on 1 November 1858. The platform was extended by 45 metres in 1870 and the station has been unstaffed since October 1966.
It is located near the King's Hall, an exhibition and concert venue and home of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society.
Station house
There is a station house, which was built in the style of the
Great Northern Railway of Ireland
, it is now in private ownership and has been extended by the owner.
Service
Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound to
Bangor
. Extra trains run at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings.
On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.
References
- ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
- ^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
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