Lisburn railway station

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Lisburn
Logomark NI Railways.svg
InterCity Rail & Commuter Rail
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Lisburn Station entrance on 7 July, 2007
General information
Location Lisburn
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°30′51″N6°02′45″W / 54.514054°N 6.045811°W / 54.514054; -6.045811
Owned by NI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Line(s) Dublin
Portadown/Newry
Platforms3
Tracks4
Train operators NI Railways, Iarnród Éireann
Bus routes
  • 23a
  • 51a
  • 103
  • 103b
  • 109
  • 109a
  • 325a
  • 325c
  • 325d
  • 325i
  • 325j
  • 325k
  • 523
  • 525
  • 538
  • 551
  • 551a
Bus stands1
Bus operators Ulsterbus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeLBURN[ citation needed ]
Fare zoneiLink Zone 2
Key dates
1839Opened
Passengers
2015/161,255,207 [1]
Year
closed
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Great Victoria Street
2024
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Belfast Grand Central Logomark NI Railways.svg
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BSicon ABZgl+l.svg
BSicon CONTfq.svg
Westlink / Central Junction
to Lanyon Place
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BSicon dKDSTaq.svg
BSicon ABZgr.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Adelaide Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Balmoral Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Finaghy Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon SKRZ-Bu.svg
M1
BSicon HST.svg
Dunmurry Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Derriaghy Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Lambeg Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Hilden Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon pBHF.svg
Lisburn Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon eHST.svg
Knockmore
2005
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BSicon eABZgr.svg
2003
BSicon eABZgl.svg
BSicon exCONTfq.svg
1956
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Maze
1974
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Broomhedge Halt
1973
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Damhead
1973
BSicon HST.svg
Moira Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon SKRZ-Bu.svg
M1
BSicon eHST.svg
Pritchard's Bridge
1844
BSicon pBHF.svg
Lurgan Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon epHST.svg
Goodyear Halt
1983
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Seagoe
1842
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BSicon BHF.svg
Portadown Logomark NI Railways.svg
BSicon exSTRc2.svg
BSicon exCONTgq.svg
BSicon eABZg3.svg
BSicon eABZgr.svg
1965
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BSicon STR.svg
1957
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Tanderagee
1965
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BSicon exCONTfq.svg
1955
BSicon HST.svg
Scarva Logomark NI Railways.svg
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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 eKRZu.svg
BSicon exSTR+r.svg
1955
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BSicon exSTRr.svg
BSicon eHST.svg
Goraghwood
1965
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BSicon exCONTfq.svg
1965
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Mullaghglass
1901
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BSicon hbKRZWe.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
Newry Logomark NI Railways.svg
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BSicon eHST.svg
Wellington Inn
1852
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Adavoyle
1933
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BSicon eHST.svg
Mt. Pleasant
1965
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M1
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BSicon BHF.svg
Dundalk Clarke
Irish Rail logo.svg
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Dundalk Junct. station
1894
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to Clones and Enniskillen│to Greenore
1957/1952
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BSicon eABZgr.svg
1958
BSicon eHST.svg
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
BSicon STR.svg
BSicon hbKRZWae.svg
BSicon BHF.svg
Drogheda MacBride
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon CONTgq.svg
BSicon ABZg+r.svg
Oldcastle branch line
(freight only)
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Bettystown
1847
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Laytown
Irish Rail logo.svg
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Laytown Viaduct
BSicon eHST.svg
Mosney
2000
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Gormanston
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Balbriggan
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon eHST.svg
Ardgillan
1867
BSicon HST.svg
Skerries
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon epHST.svg
Skerries Golf Club Halt
1960
BSicon eHST.svg
Baldongan
1847
BSicon HST.svg
Rush and Lusk
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon hbKRZWae.svg
Rogerstown Viaduct
BSicon HST.svg
Donabate
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon hbKRZWae.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Malahide
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Portmarnock
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Clongriffin
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon eHST.svg
Baldoyle
1852
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BSicon CONTfq.svg
to Howth
BSicon HST.svg
Howth Junction
& Donaghmede
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon pHST.svg
Kilbarrack
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon pHST.svg
Raheny
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon pHST.svg
Harmonstown
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon pHST.svg
Killester
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon eHST.svg
Clontarf
1956
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Clontarf Road
Irish Rail logo.svg
BSicon dKDSTaq.svg
BSicon ABZg+r.svg
BSicon hbKRZWa.svg
BSicon hABZgl.svg
BSicon lhSTRe@gq.svg
BSicon dDSTq.svg
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North Wall Yard
to Alexandra Road
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BSicon CONTgq.svg
BSicon hABZg+r.svg
BSicon CONTgq.svg
BSicon hKRZ.svg
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Docklands
Irish Rail logo.svg
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BSicon dSTRq cerulean.svg
BSicon hINT-L.svg
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Dublin Connolly
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BSicon uSTRr.svg
BSicon hbKRZW.svg
BSicon hCONTf.svg
Trans-Dublin Line
& Rosslare Line
Irish Rail logo.svg = Northern Commuter
Logomark NI Railways.svg = Newry/Portadown Line
Year
closed
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Great Victoria Street
2024
BSicon KINTa.svg
BSicon exSTR.svg
Belfast Grand Central NIRsymbol Bangor.svg NIRsymbol DLD.svg NIRsymbol Dublin.svg NIRsymbol Larne.svg
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BSicon ABZgl+l.svg
BSicon CONTfq.svg
Westlink / Central Junction
to Lanyon Place
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BSicon vSTR-BHF.svg
Adelaide
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BSicon BHF.svg
Balmoral
BSicon BHF.svg
Finaghy
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Dunmurry
BSicon BHF.svg
Derriaghy
BSicon BHF.svg
Lambeg
BSicon BHF.svg
Hilden
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BSicon SHI3gr.svg
BSicon edINT-L.svg
BSicon INT-xR.svg
Lisburn NIRsymbol Dublin.svg
BSicon edHST.svg
BSicon eBHF(R)f.svg
Knockmore
2005
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BSicon STRr.svg
BSicon dSTR.svg
BSicon eHST.svg
Maze
1974
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Moira
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Lurgan NIRsymbol Dublin.svg
BSicon hKRZWae.svg
BSicon INT.svg
Portadown NIRsymbol Dublin.svg
BSicon eHST.svg
Tanderagee
1965
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Scarva
BSicon BHF.svg
Poyntzpass
BSicon eHST.svg
Goraghwood
1965
BSicon INT.svg
Newry NIRsymbol Dublin.svg
BSicon CONTf.svg
Irish Rail logo.svg = Northern Commuter
Location
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Lisburn
Location within Northern Ireland
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Lisburn
Lisburn (island of Ireland)
Lisburn railway station

Lisburn railway station serves the city of Lisburn in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

Contents

History

The station in 1974 Bygone days at Lisburn station - geograph.org.uk - 652602.jpg
The station in 1974

The station was opened on 12 August 1839 by the Ulster Railway. The station buildings were rebuilt in 1878 to designed by William Henry Mills, for the then newly formed Great Northern Railway of Ireland (GNRI).

On Wednesday 20 December 1978, there was a fatal collision between two trains. The fire brigade attended and cut out the person killed from the wreckage. Several other people were treated for minor injuries and shock. [8]

Northern Ireland Digital Film Archive

The Northern Ireland Digital Film Archive holds a black and white film clip. It was made in 1897 and was filmed from a moving train going through Lisburn Railway Station from Belfast to Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), Dublin. The station's name can be seen and in addition, the view includes the platform, train carriages, station buildings and large houses along the length of North Circular Road, Lisburn. [9]

Current building

Lisburn Station platform sign Lisburn Station Sign.jpg
Lisburn Station platform sign

It has been renovated, with a new waiting area on platform 1, new toilets and vending machines. In addition, on platforms 2 and 3, a coffee shop operates on weekday mornings, to accommodate commuters travelling towards Belfast Grand Central. To make the station more accessible, lifts have been installed on each platform.[ citation needed ]

Station House

There is a station house built in Great Northern Railway of Ireland (GNR) style. It is now in private ownership.

Services

A NIR Class 3000 'C3K' departs Lisburn Lisburn railway station in 2007.jpg
A NIR Class 3000 'C3K' departs Lisburn

Train Services

Mondays to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service towards Portadown or Newry in one direction, and to Grand Central in the other. Extra services run at peak times, some as expresses to Grand Central, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings.

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

Two Enterprise services call at the station on Sundays only - the 0818 to Dublin Connolly, and the 2256 to Grand Central.

Preceding station  NI Railways  Following station
Hilden   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Newry
  Moira
Belfast Grand Central   Enterprise
Belfast-Dublin (Sundays only)
  Lurgan
Disused railways
Hilden   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry via Lisburn-Antrim line
  Knockmore
  Historical railways  
Dunmurry
Line and station open
  Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Belfast-Portadown
  The Damhead
Line open, station closed

Bus Services

Buses depart from the road outside the station entrance. This stop is served by Ulsterbus, which provides routes to locations such as Belfast, Lisburn City Centre, and Derriaghy.

Former services

Until 2003, Lisburn was also a stop on the Belfast-Derry railway line. However, in 2001, the Bleach Green route (via Mossley and Templepatrick) was re-opened, after being closed in 1978. This provided a faster route for Derry~Londonderry Line trains than the Lisburn-Antrim line. A skeleton service was operated on this line until 2003 when passenger services were withdrawn. The other reason the line was cut was because of the congestion on the route, which caused considerable problems with the Enterprise Service for over 20 years. The line itself is still maintained for rolling stock transfers and emergency diversions.

Passengers now wishing to travel to destinations on the Derry~Londonderry Line can no longer travel directly from Lisburn station and must travel to Grand Central to change trains.

Former lines

The Ulster Railway brought trains from Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station to Portadown and Armagh railway station in Armagh. Later the Great Northern Railway of Ireland had a much more extensive system with trains to Omagh, Enniskillen, Bundoran, Strabane and Derry being linked, which in the 1950s and 1960s was closed west of Portadown.

See also

References

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  8. Out of the Fire: A History of the Fire Brigade in Lisburn. William Broadhurst and Henry Welsh. Jeremy Mills Publishing, 2004
  9. Alexandre Promio (photography) (1897). Lumiere Freres: Belfast - Kingstown train. Lisburn. Association Frères Lumière. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021 via Northern Ireland Screen Digital Film Archive.