Bangor railway station (Northern Ireland)
Bangor  | |
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 Bangor combined railway and bus station was formally opened in 2001. | |
| Location |
Bangor Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 54°39′31″N 5°40′21″W / 54.6585°N 5.6725°WCoordinates: 54°39′31″N 5°40′21″W / 54.6585°N 5.6725°W |
| Owned by | NI Railways |
| Operated by | NI Railways |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | At-grade |
| Key dates | |
| 1865 | Original station opened |
| 2001 | Current station opened |
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Bangor railway station is a terminal railway station which serves the town of Bangor in County Down, Northern Ireland.
History
The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 1 May 1865 and closed to goods traffic on 24 April 1950.[1]
The station buildings were erected in 1864-1865 to designs by the architect Charles Lanyon.
Service
Mondays to Thursdays there is a half-hourly service towards Belfast Central, Belfast Great Victoria Street, Portadown or Newry. Extra services operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings. Certain peak-time services from this station operate as expresses between Bangor West and Holywood or Belfast Central.
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Belfast and onward.
The original Bangor station on 1 May 1999
| Preceding station | |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor West | Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Bangor |
Terminus |
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bangor (County Down) railway station. |
- ↑ "Bangor station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
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