Sydenham railway station (Northern Ireland)

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Sydenham
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Sydenham railway station, Northern Ireland in 2007.jpg
General information
Location Belfast
Northern Ireland
Coordinates 54°36′33″N5°52′38″W / 54.6093°N 5.8773°W / 54.6093; -5.8773 Coordinates: 54°36′33″N5°52′38″W / 54.6093°N 5.8773°W / 54.6093; -5.8773
Owned by NI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1851Opened
2008Refurbished
Location
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Sydenham
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Sydenham railway station (Northern Ireland)

Sydenham railway station is located in the townland of Ballymisert in east Belfast, and is within walking distance of Belfast City Airport and Victoria Park. [1] The station is unstaffed, and was opened on 1 November 1851.

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Service

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Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly westbound service towards Belfast Central, Great Victoria Street, Portadown or Newry in one direction, and a half-hourly eastbound service towards Holywood and Bangor in the other, with extra services at peak times.

In the evenings, the service reduces to hourly operation. Certain peak time trains will also terminate at Lanyon Place or Great Victoria Street, and some peak-time express trains will pass through this station without stopping.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station  NIR logo.svg Northern Ireland Railways  Following station
Titanic Quarter   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor
  Holywood
  Historical railways  
Victoria Park
Line open, station closed
  Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast-Bangor
  Holywood
Line and station open
 Proposed 
Titanic Quarter   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor
  Tillysburn

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References

  1. Discoverer Map Series Belfast (D ed.), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005, ISBN   978-1-905306-02-2