Trooperslane railway station

Trooperslane
Trooperslane halt in 2011
Location	Trooperslane Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates	54°42′36″N 5°50′58″W / 54.710059°N 5.849477°W / 54.710059; -5.849477Coordinates: 54°42′36″N 5°50′58″W / 54.710059°N 5.849477°W / 54.710059; -5.849477
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1848	Station opened
2008	Station refurbished
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Trooperslane railway station serves the hamlet of Trooperslane in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

The station was opened on 11 April 1848.^[1]

For many years it was served only by peak-time services on Mondays to Saturdays. On a trial basis in the 1990s, one service each way made a request stop on a Sunday, however this was not a success.

When Northern Ireland Railways introduced a new clock-face timetable in the mid-2000s, the station once again saw a regular service seven days a week, with nearly all trains serving the station. Trooperslane also has a level crossing, supervised by closed-circuit television.

Service

On Mondays to Fridays, there is a half-hourly service to Great Victoria Street with extra trains at peak times. In the other direction, there is a half-hourly service with the terminus alternating between Whitehead and Larne Harbour every half an hour, with extra services to Carrickfergus at peak times.

On Saturdays, the service remains half-hourly, with fewer trains at peak times.

On Sundays, the service reduces to hourly operation in both directions.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Greenisland		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Larne		Clipperstown
	Historical railways
Greenisland Line and station open		Northern Counties Committee Belfast-Larne		Mount Line open, station closed

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