General information | |||||||
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Location | Finaghy Northern Ireland | ||||||
Coordinates | 54°33′50″N5°59′12″W / 54.5638°N 5.9866°W | ||||||
Owned by | NI Railways | ||||||
Operated by | NI Railways | ||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||
Construction | |||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||
Key dates | |||||||
1907 | Opened | ||||||
Passengers | |||||||
2022/23 | 164,343 [1] | ||||||
2023/24 | 195,978 [2] | ||||||
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Finaghy railway station is located in the townland of Finaghy (aka Ballyfinaghy) in south Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The Great Northern Railway of Ireland opened the station on 9 February 1907.[ citation needed ]
The line between Lisburn and Belfast Lanyon Place is temporarily closed due to the Belfast Grand Central enabling works. There is currently no train service at this station, and a rail replacement bus is provided. Below is the service pattern before the closure [3]
Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Lisburn, Portadown or Newry in one direction, and to Belfast Lanyon Place or Bangor in the other. Extra services operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings. [4]
On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. [4]
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