Marino railway station

Marino railway station is a railway station in the townland of Ballycultra in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland.[2]

This article is about the station in Northern Ireland. For the metro station in Moscow, see Maryino (Moscow Metro). For the railway station in Adelaide, see Marino railway station, Adelaide.

Marino
Marino railway station in 2006
LocationHolywood
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates54.6470°N 5.8174°W / 54.6470; -5.8174
Owned byNI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1 December 1870Opened
11 November 1957[1]Closed
4 January 1960[1]Reopened
2008Refurbished

Service

From Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service to Belfast Central, Portadown or Newry in one direction, and to Bangor in the other. More frequent trains run at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly in the evenings. Some peak-hour trains pass through Marino without stopping.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Holywood   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor
   Cultra

History
A NIR 101 Class diesel locomotive hauls a passenger train into Marino station in 1983

The Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway opened Marino station on 1 December 1870 on land once inhabited by Benedictine monks.

Due to low passenger numbers, the Ulster Transport Authority closed the station on 11 November 1957.[1] However, under public pressure the UTA reopened it on 4 January 1960.[1]

Translink had the station refurbished in 2008.

References
  1. Patterson, E.M. (1982) [1958]. Belfast and County Down Railway. Newton Abbott: David & Charles. p. 41. ISBN 071538306X.
  2. Sheet 15 Belfast, Discoverer Map Series (D ed.), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005, ISBN 978-1-905306-02-2


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