Sydenham railway station (Northern Ireland)
Sydenham railway station is located in the townland of Ballymisert in east Belfast, and is within walking distance of Belfast City Airport and Victoria Park.[1] The station is unstaffed, and opened on 1 November 1851.[2]
Location | Belfast Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
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Coordinates | 54.6093°N 5.8773°W |
Owned by | NI Railways |
Operated by | NI Railways |
Platforms | 2 |
Tracks | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Key dates | |
1851 | Opened |
2008 | Refurbished |
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Service
Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly westbound service towards Belfast Central, Great Victoria Street, Portadown or Newry in one direction, and a half-hourly eastbound service towards Holywood and Bangor in the other, with extra services at peak times.
In the evenings, the service reduces to hourly operation. Certain peak time trains will also terminate at Belfast Central or Great Victoria Street, and some peak-time express trains will pass through this station without stopping.
On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.
Preceding station | Following station | |||
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Titanic Quarter | Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Bangor |
Holywood | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Victoria Park Line open, station closed |
Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Bangor |
Holywood Line and station open | ||
Proposed | ||||
Titanic Quarter | Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Bangor |
Tillysburn |
References
- Discoverer Map Series Belfast (D ed.), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005, ISBN 978-1-905306-02-2
- "Sydenham" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 28 August 2007.