Larne Harbour railway station explained

Larne Harbour
Name Lang:en
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ni
Type:TerminusCommuter Railway Station
Other Name:Port of Larne Train Station
Address:Larne Harbour
Larne
Borough:County Antrim
BT40 1AJ
Country:Northern Ireland
Coordinates:54.8481°N -5.7986°W
Line:Belfast–Larne line
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Tracks:3
Parking:250 spaces
Years:1862
Events:Original station opened
Years1:1965
Events1:Goods traffic ceased
Years2:1985
Events2:Current station opened
Years3:2012
Events3:Platforms extended
Electrified:Un-electrified
Owned:NI Railways
Operator:NI Railways
Zone:3
Map Type:Northern Ireland
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
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Larne Harbour railway station, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, serves the ferry port for ferries to Cairnryan. There are also occasional sailings to Douglas, Isle of Man in conjunction with the Isle of Man TT. Sailings to Cairnryan are operated by conventional ships and several crossings a day operate in each direction throughout the year.

The station co-exists with the passenger terminus for P&O Ferries ferries offering simple integration for foot passengers. However, this situation is not mirrored at the Scottish terminus of Cairnryan, where the nearest railway station,, is five miles from Cairnryan ferry terminal.

The station was opened on 1 October 1862. It was improved in 1890 by Berkeley Deane Wise to a budget of £3,000, with a double faced platform, one side serving the broad gauge line from Belfast and the other the narrow gauge from Ballymena, and a clock with two minute hands showing both English and Irish time, which was 25 minutes later.[1]

Service

This station is the final outbound terminus for services on the Larne Line.

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service to with extra services at peak times. Some of those peak services start and terminate at the nearby station instead. During weekdays the first train leaves here at 6:05am and the last train arrives at 12:20am.[2] [3]

On Sundays the service to Lanyon Place reduces to operating every two hours.

Notes and References

  1. Currie, JRL, The Northern Counties Railway, Vol 1, David & Charles, 1973.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 26 June 2021 . 26 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210626091440/https://www.translink.co.uk/Timetable/Download/af20522b-8be3-4d5c-872f-bfd071b0156b . dead .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 26 June 2021 . 26 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210626094444/https://www.translink.co.uk/Timetable/Download/5629d58b-3e8f-4719-aba7-0a3d2f53f622 . dead .