Greenisland railway station

Greenisland
Location
Place Greenisland
Local authority Carrickfergus
Operations
Platforms in use 2
History
1848
2008
Station opened
Station refurbished
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Greenisland railway station serves Greenisland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station opened on 11 April 1848 as Carrickfergus Junction. It was renamed on 10 January 1893. It used to have 3 platforms but the third platform was knocked down after the closure of the Londonderry branch.[1]

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half hourly service towards Carrickfergus with one train an hour continuing to Larne Harbour and a half hourly service to Belfast Central operated by Northern Ireland Railways with extra services at Peak Times.

On Sundays there is a two hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station Northern Ireland Railways Following station
Jordanstown   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Larne
  Trooperslane

References

  1. ^ "Greenisland station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-28.