Titanic Quarter railway station

Station in Belfast, Northern Ireland

54°36′07″N 5°54′23″W / 54.6019°N 5.9064°W / 54.6019; -5.9064Owned byNI RailwaysOperated byNI RailwaysPlatforms2Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeKey dates1977Opened as Bridge End2008Refurbished2012Further refurbishment
Renamed to Titanic QuarterPassengers2022/23204,456 [1]2023/24Increase 268,030 [2]
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Location
Titanic Quarter is located in Northern Ireland
Titanic Quarter
Titanic Quarter
Location within Northern Ireland
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Titanic Quarter railway station (sometimes still referred to as Bridge End) is located in the townland of Ballymacarrett in east Belfast. It is a short walk from the SSE Arena and Titanic Quarter.

History

Bridge End (as it was known when it opened on Monday 9 May 1977) replaced the nearby Ballymacarrett station (opened 1 May 1905 and closed on Monday 9 May 1977).[3] The platforms of this station can still be seen from passing trains, as can the platforms for Victoria Park, another station before Sydenham which closed in the late 1980s.

Bridge End station was officially renamed "Titanic Quarter" in March 2012 to coincide with the opening of developments in the nearby Titanic Quarter area.[4] In addition, there is planned work which will include improvements to pedestrian and cycle access and new signage from the rail halt into the Quarter.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service westbound towards Lanyon Place, Portadown or Newry, and eastbound to Bangor. Extra services operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Lanyon Place   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor
   Sydenham
  Historical railways  
Lanyon Place
Line and station open 		  Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor 		  Victoria Park
Line open, station closed

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bridge End railway station.
  1. ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Bridge End, Ballymacarrett and Victoria Park stations" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  4. ^ "New Titanic title for Belfast train station". BBC News. 28 March 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2022.


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