Balmoral railway station

Balmoral
Location
Place Belfast
Local authority Belfast City
Operations
Platforms in use 2
History
1858 Opened
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Balmoral railway station is located in the townland of Ballygammon in south Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station opened on 1 November 1858.[1] The platform was extended by 45 metres in 1870 and the station has been unmanned since October 1966.

It is located at the Kings Hall, an exhibition and concert venue and home of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society.

Station House

There is a station house built in GNR(I) style. It is now in private ownership and has been extended by the owner.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half hourly service towards Portadown or Newry in one direction and to Bangor Or Belfast in the other with extra services at peak times and the service is hourly in the evenings operated by Northern Ireland Railways.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station Northern Ireland Railways Following station
Adelaide   Northern Ireland Railways
Newry-Bangor
  Finaghy

References

  1. ^ "Balmoral station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-30.