Larne Town railway station

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Larne Town
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NIR Class 450 train at Larne Town station in 2006
General information
LocationCircular Road, Larne
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°51′01″N5°48′51″W / 54.85028°N 5.81417°W / 54.85028; -5.81417
Owned by NI Railways
Operated by NI Railways
Line(s) Larne
Platforms1
Tracks1
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1862Original station opened
1877B&LR station opened
1933B&LR passenger traffic stopped
1950B&LR station closed
1965Goods traffic stopped
1974Original station closed
1974Current station opened on new alignment
Passengers
2022/23163,531 [1]
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Year
closed
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Great Victoria Street
2024
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Windsor
1885
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Ormeau
1885
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Queen's Bridge
1885
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Yorkgate
2024
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York Road depot
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1992
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Greencastle
1954
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Whitehouse
1954
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Bleach Green
1977
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Jordanstown
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1963
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Greenisland
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Trooperslane
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Mount
1977
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Harbour branch line
to Carrickfergus Harbour
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Clipperstown
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Carrickfergus
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Barn
1977
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Downshire
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Eden
1977
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Kilroot
1977
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Whitehead
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Whitehead Excursion
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Ballycarry
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Magheramorne
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Glynn
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Larne Town
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Location
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Larne Town railway station

Larne Town railway station serves Larne in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. This station opened in 1974, and is one of two stations in the town, the other being Larne Harbour. It is the penultimate stop on the Belfast-Larne railway line.

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History

The original station (signposted solely as "Larne") was sited further west than the current station, on land between Circular Road and Larne Lough by the mouth of the Inver River. This station was a larger affair than the current station, with a through platform, bay platform, signalbox and goods yard, and was opened in on 1 October 1862 by the Carrickfergus & Larne Railway.

A small station was also constructed slightly further north by the Ballymena & Larne Railway on (appropriately) Narrow Gauge Road. Although the narrow-gauge B&LR had a link to allow running to Larne Harbour, there was no direct connection to the Irish-gauge C&LR Larne station. Passenger services on the B&LR line ceased in 1933, and the line was closed altogether in 1950. The site of the B&LR station is now buried under the A8 dual carriageway.

In the 1970s, road improvement plans necessitated the closure and re-siting of Larne station. A new track alignment was constructed on reclaimed land further out into Larne Lough, diverging from the original C&LR alignment at a point southeast of the original Larne station, and moving back onto the existing Harbour line at what is now Glynnview Avenue. Larne Town was then constructed as a single-platform station on this new alignment with a small ticket office, opening in June 1974 - the suffix "Town" being added at this time to help distinguish it from Larne Harbour station. [3] The original Larne station was demolished soon after, and no traces of the original station remain today - the old Circular Road site and the original track alignment are now occupied by various retail units and the local bus station.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service towards Larne Harbour or Belfast Grand Central with extra services at peak times. Some of those peak services start and terminate here rather than Larne Harbour.

On Sundays there is a service every two hours in either direction to Larne Harbour or Belfast Grand Central . [4]

Preceding station  NI Railways  Following station
Glynn   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Larne
  Larne Harbour
  Historical railways  
Glynn
Line and station open
  Northern Counties Committee
Belfast-Larne
  Larne Harbour
Line and station open
Kilwaughter
Line and station closed
  Ballymena and Larne Railway
Ballymena-Larne
  Larne Harbour
Line closed, station open.

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. "Larne Town Station1". geograph. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  4. "Larne Line NIRailways / Larne Line". translink.co.uk. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.