Lurgan railway station

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Lurgan
Logomark NI Railways.svg
Commuter rail & Intercity rail
Lurgan Station.JPG
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 Translink (Northern Ireland)
Operated byNI Railways
Line(s) Newry/Portadown (1) Dublin-Belfast Mainline
Platforms2
Tracks2
Train operators NI Railways, Iarnród Éireann
Bus routesUlsterbus Town Services / 352 [1]
Bus stands1
Bus operators Ulsterbus
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking124 spaces [2]
Bicycle facilitiesSpaces Available
AccessibleStep free access? - Yes, via level crossing
ArchitectWilliam H. Mills
Other information
StatusOperational
Station codeLURGN
Fare zone3 [3]
Website translink.co.uk
History
ElectrifiedNever
Previous namesCraigavon East - Lurgan
Original company Ulster Railway
Post-grouping Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
1841Station opened
1890sStation Rebuilt [4]
1972Original Station Building Destroyed in Bomb attack.
2024-2025The 1970's Station planned to be redeveloped.
Passengers
2015/16784,630 [5]
Location
United Kingdom Northern Ireland adm location map.svg
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Lurgan
Location within Northern Ireland
Lurgan railway station

Lurgan railway station serves Lurgan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Located on William Street. The station is managed by NI Railways. With just under 867,000 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the year 2023/24 financial year, Lurgan is the 9th-busiest station on the NIR network. [11]

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History

Lurgan railway station (GNRI Style) - 1968 Lurgan railway station - 1968 (geograph 3570835).jpg
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 GNRI was liquidated in 1958 ownership of the station fell on the newly formed Ulster Transport Authority, then temporarily became Ulster Transport Railways (UTR) before being taken over by Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) 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]

Railway station

The layout of the railway station nowadays is a side platform. Trains to the north and east, such as those to Bangor and Belfast Lanyon Place, are served by Platform 2, while trains to the south and west, such as those to Portadown, Newry, and Dublin Connolly station, are served by Platform 1. Additionally, there is a level crossing with the A76 (M1 to Lurgan town road) to the east of the station. The station has two entrances, one on either side of the street. Additionally, it has a staffed ticket office, plenty of seating, covered footbridge and toilets.

Service

Train Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Portadown or Newry in one direction and to Lisburn, Botanic, Belfast Lanyon Place and Bangor 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 to Dublin Connolly.

Preceding station  Logomark NI Railways.svg Northern Ireland 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. [15] 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 Lurgan Railway Station Front Entrance.jpg
Front entrance of Lurgan railway station

Redevelopment of the Site

On 25 October 2023, Translink the parent company of the operator of Lurgan Railway Station NI Railways, submitted a Proposal of Application Notice to ABC Council (Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council). The Plans included demolishing the current 1960s 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 [16] [17] [18]

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