Balmoral railway station

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Balmoral
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Translink Commuter Rail Halt
Balmoral railway station in 2007.jpg
IÉ 201 Class locomotive passing through Balmoral in 2007
General information
Location Belfast
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°34′08″N5°58′06″W / 54.5688°N 5.9682°W / 54.5688; -5.9682
Owned by NI Railways
Operated by NI Railways
Line(s) Newry
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes, access to Lisburn Road and Musgrave Park Hospital via Stockman's Lane, access between platforms via underpass and subway
Other information
Fare zoneiLink Zone 1
Website translink.co.uk/balmoral
History
Opened1858
Passengers
2016/17101,511 [1]
Route map
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Year
closed
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Great Victoria Street
2024
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Westlink / Central Junction
to Lanyon Place
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Adelaide Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Balmoral Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Finaghy Logomark NI Railways.svg
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M1
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Dunmurry Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Derriaghy Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Lambeg Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Hilden Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Lisburn Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Knockmore
2005
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2003
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1956
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Maze
1974
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Broomhedge Halt
1973
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Damhead
1973
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Moira Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon SKRZ-Bu.svg
M1
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Pritchard's Bridge
1844
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Lurgan Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Goodyear Halt
1983
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Seagoe
1842
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BSicon BHF.svg
Portadown Logomark NI Railways.svg
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BSicon eABZgr.svg
1965
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1957
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Tanderagee
1965
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1955
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Acton Crossing
1954
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Poyntzpass Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Augheranter Crossing
1954
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Knockarney Crossing
1965
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BSicon exSTR+r.svg
1955
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Goraghwood
1965
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1965
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Mullaghglass
1901
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BSicon BHF.svg
Newry Logomark NI Railways.svg
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Wellington Inn
1852
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Adavoyle
1933
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Mt. Pleasant
1965
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M1
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Dundalk Clarke
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Dundalk Junct. station
1894
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to Clones and Enniskillen│to Greenore
1957/1952
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1958
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Castlebellingham
1976
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to Ardee
1975
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Dromin Junction
1975
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Dunleer
1984
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Newfoundwell
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Drogheda MacBride
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Oldcastle branch line
(freight only)
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Bettystown
1847
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Laytown
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Laytown Viaduct
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Mosney
2000
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Gormanston
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BSicon HST.svg
Balbriggan
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BSicon eHST.svg
Ardgillan
1867
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Skerries
Irish Rail logo.svg
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Skerries Golf Club Halt
1960
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Baldongan
1847
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Rush and Lusk
Irish Rail logo.svg
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Rogerstown Viaduct
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Donabate
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BSicon HST.svg
Malahide
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BSicon HST.svg
Portmarnock
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BSicon HST.svg
Clongriffin
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Baldoyle
1852
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to Howth
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Howth Junction
& Donaghmede
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Kilbarrack
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Raheny
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Harmonstown
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Killester
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Clontarf
1956
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Clontarf Road
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North Wall Yard
to Alexandra Road
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Docklands
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Dublin Connolly
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Trans-Dublin Line
& Rosslare Line
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Logomark NI Railways.svg = Newry/Portadown Line
Location
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Balmoral
Location within Northern Ireland
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Balmoral
Balmoral (island of Ireland)
Balmoral railway station
Notes
Passenger statistics exclude tickets issued by Iarnród Éireann.

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.

Contents

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

Train services

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound to Lisburn, Portadown or Newry, and eastbound via Adelaide, to Belfast Grand Central. 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.

Preceding station  NI Railways  Following station
Adelaide   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast–Dublin line
  Finaghy
  Historical railways  
Great Victoria Street
Line open, station closed
  Ulster Railway
Belfast-Portadown
  Dunmurry
Line and station open

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