Bangor West railway station explained

Bangor West
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ni
Address:Bangor
Country:Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates:54.6595°N -5.6929°W
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Years:1928
Events:Opened
Years1:2008
Events1:Refurbished
Opened:1 June 1928
Owned:NI Railways
Operator:NI Railways
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Bangor West railway station is located in the townland of Ballyvarnet in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland.

It was opened on 1 June 1928[1] by the Belfast and County Down Railway to serve the rapidly expanding suburbs of Bangor. It was initially provided with a wooden structure on the up side to function as waiting room and ticket office.

It was replaced with a simple, more robust concrete structure in 1978. It remains one of the few intermediate suburban stations in Northern Ireland to retain a ticket office. This is owed to the station's high popularity and usage, being served by the Bangor express train, one of the few stations in North Down to be served.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Belfast Lanyon Place in the westbound direction, and to in the other eastbound direction. Extra services operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly in the evenings.

Certain peak-time express trains operate non-stop from here to and .

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bangor West . 2008-05-08 . Railscot - Irish Railways.