Helen's Bay railway station

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Helen's Bay
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Helen's Bay station in 2005
General information
Location Helen's Bay
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°39′59″N5°44′27″W / 54.66639°N 5.74083°W / 54.66639; -5.74083
Owned by NI Railways
Operated by NI Railways
Line(s) Bangor
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1865Opened
1950Goods traffic ceased
2008Refurbished
Passengers
2022/23135,371 [1]
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Legend
Year
closed
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 Great Victoria Street
2024
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 Belfast Grand Central NIRsymbol DLD.svg NIRsymbol Dublin.svg NIRsymbol Larne.svg NIRsymbol Newry.svg BSicon BUS2.svg
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Belfast-Dublin line
to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly
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 City Hospital NIRsymbol DLD.svg NIRsymbol Larne.svg
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Botanic Tunnel
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 Botanic NIRsymbol DLD.svg NIRsymbol Larne.svg
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 Lanyon Place NIRsymbol DLD.svg NIRsymbol Larne.svg
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Lagan Railway Bridge
over River Lagan
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Belfast-Larne railway line
& Belfast-Derry railway line
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 Titanic Quarter
(Bridge End)
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 Queen's Quay
1976
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Belfast and County Down Railway
to Comber, Ardglass, Newcastle
1950
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 Ballymacarrett
1976
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 Victoria Park
1981
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 Sydenham BSicon FLUG.svg
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 Tillysburn
1945
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 Kinnegar
1957
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 Holywood
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 Marino
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 Cultra
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 Craigavad
1957
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 Seahill
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 Helen's Bay
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 Crawfordsburn
1997
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 Carnalea
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 Bangor West
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 Bangor BSicon BUS2.svg
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Helen's Bay railway station

Helen's Bay railway station serves Helen's Bay as well as the nearby village of Crawfordsburn in the townland of Ballygrot, County Down, Northern Ireland. [3]

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The station in the grand Scottish Baronial style, built in 1863, was the creation of Lord Dufferin, through whose land the line was laid. His family had their own private entrance and waiting room. The architect was Benjamin Ferrey.

The next station on the line towards Bangor used to be Crawfordsburn, but this was closed in 1997.

On the 22nd of July, 1922, two brothers, who were well known in Helen's Bay were killed at the station whilst waiting on a train to Belfast. Their bodies were placed in the old station house. [4] Another person was killed at the station in 2004. [5]

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly westbound service to Titanic Quarter, Belfast Grand Central in one direction, and a half-hourly eastbound service to Bangor West and Bangor in the other. Extra services operate at peak times, and the service is reduced to hourly operation in the evenings. Certain peak-time express trains will pass through Helen's Bay station without stopping.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station  Logomark NI Railways.svg Northern Ireland Railways  Following station
Seahill   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor Line
  Carnalea

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References

  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. ↑ Discoverer Map Series Belfast (D ed.), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005, ISBN   978-1-905306-02-2
  4. ↑ https://www.newsletter.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/through-the-archives-brothers-killed-in-tragic-railway-accident-at-helens-bay-3318747 [ bare URL ]
  5. ↑ "Teen killed by train had taken drink and drugs". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 21 April 2005.

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