Lurgan railway station

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Lurgan
Commuter rail & Intercity rail
Lurgan Station in its current 1970s look.
General information
Location	Lurgan County Armagh Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°28′01″N6°20′17″W / 54.467°N 6.338°W / 54.467; -6.338
Owned by	NI Railways LTD [1]
Operated by	Translink (Northern Ireland)
Line(s)	Dublin Portadown/Newry
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Train operators	NI Railways, Iarnród Éireann
Bus routes	Ulsterbus Town Services / 352 [2]
Bus stands	1
Bus operators	Translink Ulsterbus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	124 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Spaces available
Accessible	Step free access? - Yes, via level crossing
Architect	William H. Mills
Other information
Station code	LUA
Fare zone	3 [3]
Website	translink.co.uk/Lurgan
History
Previous names	Craigavon East - Lurgan
Original company	Ulster Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
1841	Station opened
1890s	Station rebuilt [4]
1972	Original station building destroyed in bomb attack
2024	Ticket machines installed
2025-2026	Planned redevelopment
Passengers
2015/16	784,630 [5]
Route map (Click to expand) Show NI Railways Network map Legend Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Westlink / Central Junction to Lanyon Place Adelaide Depot Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy M1 Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim line 2003 Banbridge, Lisburn & Belfast Jn Rly to Banbridge 1956 Maze 1974 Broomhedge Halt 1973 Damhead 1973 Moira M1 Pritchard's Bridge 1844 Lurgan Goodyear Halt 1983 Seagoe 1842 River Bann Portadown to Dungannon, Omagh and Londonderry 1965 to Armagh, Clones and Cavan 1957 Tanderagee 1965 Banbridge Jn Rly to Banbridge 1955 Scarva Acton Crossing 1954 Poyntzpass Augheranter Crossing 1954 Knockarney Crossing 1965 Newry and Armagh Railway to Armagh 1955 Goraghwood 1965 to Warrenpoint 1965 Mullaghglass 1901 Bessbrook and Newry Tramway Craigmore Viaduct Newry MacNeill's Egyptian Arch Wellington Inn 1852 Adavoyle 1933 Northern Ireland Ireland border Mt. Pleasant 1965 M1 Castletown River Dundalk Clarke Dundalk Junct. station 1894 ← to Clones and Enniskillen│to Greenore → 1957/1952 Dundalk Railway Works 1958 Castlebellingham 1976 to Ardee 1975 Dromin Junction 1975 Dunleer 1984 Newfoundwell Boyne Viaduct Drogheda MacBride Oldcastle branch line (freight only) Bettystown 1847 Laytown Laytown Viaduct Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Ardgillan 1867 Skerries Skerries Golf Club Halt 1960 Baldongan 1847 Rush and Lusk Rogerstown Viaduct Donabate Broadmeadow viaduct Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Baldoyle 1852 to Howth Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf 1956 Clontarf Road Fairview DART depot River Tolka North Wall Yard to Alexandra Road Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght and Saggart Loopline Bridge Trans-Dublin Line & Rosslare Line = Northern Commuter = Newry/Portadown Line This diagram: view talk edit Show Dublin line route diagram Legend Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Westlink / Central Junction to Lanyon Place Adelaide Adelaide Depot Balmoral Finaghy Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim railway line to Antrim (disused) Maze 1974 Moira Lurgan River Bann Portadown Tanderagee 1965 Scarva Poyntzpass Goraghwood 1965 Newry Belfast-Dublin railway line to Dublin Connolly = Northern Commuter This diagram: view talk edit Show Newry line route diagram
Location Lurgan Location within Northern Ireland Show map of Northern Ireland Lurgan Location within the island of Ireland Show map of island of Ireland

Lurgan railway station serves the town of Lurgan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Located on William Street, the station is owned by Translink. With 734,383 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the year 2024/25 financial year, Lurgan is the 11th-busiest station in Northern Ireland.

History

Lurgan railway station (GNRI Style) - 1968

The station opened on 18 November 1841 by the Ulster Railway. ^[12] Following the merger of the Ulster Railway to the new company Great Northern Railway. The station was rebuilt in 1897 designed by William H. Mills to reflect the new Great Northern Railway's style. ^[13] After G.N.R.(I). was liquidated in 1958 ownership of the station fell on the newly formed Ulster Transport Authority, then temporarily became Ulster Transport Railways (U.T.R.) before being taken over by Northern Ireland Railways (N.I.R.) in 1968. It briefly known as "Craigavon East" for a time back in the 1970s. On 22 July 1972, the original Great Northern Railway station building was destroyed by a paramilitary bomb, and subsequently the current station building was erected. ^{[13] [14]}

Description

The station has 2 platforms. Platform 1 is used for Southbound trains and platform 2 is used for Northbound trains. The platforms are long enough to fit 6-carriage trains but Enterprise trains do not fully fit so the locomotive is usually past the platform end. The station has a building with a ticket office as well as ticket machines, vending machines and toilets. There are indoor and outdoor waiting areas, and a footbridge which is not disabled access friendly so crossing the platforms is only possible via the level crossing for those with a wheelchair. There are also seating areas outside and car parking spaces on both sides of the station.

Service

Train Services

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

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. There is also a Sunday-only Enterprise service with one morning train (08:36) to Dublin Connolly and one train in the evening to Belfast Grand Central (22:39). ^[15]

Preceding station		NI Railways		Following station
Moira		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry		Portadown
Lisburn		Enterprise Belfast-Dublin (Sundays only)
	Historical railways
Pritchard's Bridge Line open, station closed		Ulster Railway Belfast-Seagoe		Seagoe Line open, station closed
		Ulster Railway Belfast-Portadown		Portadown Line and station open

Bus Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is 4 Ulsterbus Town Services operating on the William Street road outside the station. On Sundays there is no services and some morning services only operate on School days. ^[16] Some routes operate on an hourly service and others operate on a bihourly schedule.

Preceding station		Ulsterbus		Following station
Terminus		Ulsterbus Town services 352a		Annaloist McAlindens Corner
Terminus		Ulsterbus Town Services 352b		Lurgan Avenue Road
Terminus		Ulsterbus Town Services 352c		Lurgan Drumnamoe
Terminus		Ulsterbus Town Services 352c		Lurgan Taghnevan Drive

Front entrance of Lurgan railway station

Redevelopment of the Site

On 25 October 2023, Translink submitted a Proposal of Application Notice to ABC Council (Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council). The plans included demolishing the current 1970s station and adjacent abandoned Musgrave Marketplace to replace it with a new "Railway Passenger Facility". This will include a new station building, a new park and ride facility, shelters on both platforms and a bike/pedestrian bridge connecting both platforms. Work is expected to cost around £20 million and a scheduled start date of Autumn 2025 was given, with expected completion date of early to mid 2026. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

Gallery

• 
  U.T.A. M.P.D. at Lurgan station after the 1972 attacks
• 
  N.I.R. Class 4000 loading passengers at Lurgan in 2015

References

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3. "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
4. "1897- Railway Station, Lurgan, Co. Armagh". Archiseek. April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
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12. "Archiseek - Irish Architecture - 1897 - Railway Station, Lurgan, Co. Armagh". 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
13. "Geograph:: Lurgan railway station - 1968 © The Carlisle Kid". geograph.ie. Archived from the original on 25 February 2022. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
14. "Geograph:: Lurgan railway station - 1968 © the Carlisle Kid". geograph.ie. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
15. "Belfast - Dublin (Enterprise) Enterprise / Enterprise Belfast Dublin From Tuesday 29 October 2024 - To Sunday 08 December 2024". translink.co.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
16. "Timetables". translink.co.uk. 1 September 2023. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
17. "Lurgan Station". Translink.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
18. "New £20million train station for Lurgan announced". Your Lurgan. 30 September 2021. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
19. McKenna, Micheal (2 August 2022). "Construction of new Lurgan train station on track to start 'in autumn 2025'". armaghi.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.

External links

• Media related to Lurgan railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Lurgan Station page on Irish Rail