Balmoral railway station explained

Balmoral
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ni
Address:Belfast
Country:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:54.5688°N -5.9682°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Opened:1858
Owned:NI Railways
Operator:NI Railways
Map Type:Northern Ireland
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
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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. 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

The line between Lisburn and Belfast Lanyon Place is temporarily closed due to the Belfast Grand Central enabling works. There is currently no train service at this station, and a rail replacement bus is provided. Below is the service pattern before the closure[1]

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound to, or, and eastbound via Adelaide, to and 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: BGCS Works . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708225243/https://www.translink.co.uk/bgcsworksupdates . 2024-07-08 . 2024-07-08 . translink.co.uk.