Lisburn railway station

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Lisburn
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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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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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Maze
1974
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Broomhedge Halt
1973
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Damhead
1973
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Moira Logomark NI Railways.svg
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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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Portadown Logomark NI Railways.svg
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BSicon exCONTgq.svg
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BSicon eABZgr.svg
1965
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to Armagh
1957
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Tanderagee
1965
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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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Goraghwood
1965
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to Warrenpoint
1965
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Mullaghglass
1901
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Newry Logomark NI Railways.svg Irish Rail logo.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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BSicon BHF.svg
Dundalk Clarke
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Dundalk Junct. station
1894
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to Enniskillen│to Greenore
1957/1952
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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
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BSicon hbKRZWae.svg
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Drogheda MacBride
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Oldcastle branch line
(freight only)
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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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Balbriggan
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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
BSicon hbKRZWae.svg
Rogerstown Viaduct
BSicon HST.svg
Donabate
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BSicon hbKRZWae.svg
BSicon HST.svg
Malahide
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BSicon HST.svg
Portmarnock
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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
Year
closed
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Great Victoria Street
2024
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BSicon exSTR.svg
Belfast Grand Central NIRsymbol Bangor.svg NIRsymbol DLD.svg NIRsymbol Dublin.svg NIRsymbol Larne.svg
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Westlink / Central Junction
to Lanyon Place
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Adelaide depot
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Adelaide
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Balmoral
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Finaghy
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Dunmurry
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Derriaghy
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Lambeg
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Hilden
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BSicon edINT-L.svg
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Lisburn NIRsymbol Dublin.svg
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Knockmore
2005
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Maze
1974
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Moira
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Lurgan NIRsymbol Dublin.svg
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BSicon INT.svg
Portadown NIRsymbol Dublin.svg
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Tanderagee
1965
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Scarva
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Poyntzpass
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Goraghwood
1965
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Newry NIRsymbol Dublin.svg Irish Rail logo.svg
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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  Logomark NI Railways.svg Northern Ireland 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

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