Carrickfergus railway station: Difference between revisions

Location
	Carrickfergus Location within Northern Ireland Carrickfergus Location on the island of Ireland

Route map
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Belfast-Dublin line
	to Portadown, Newry and Dublin Connolly
	Belfast–Bangor railway line
	to Bangor
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	to Derry~Londonderry
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	via Monkstown
	Harbour branch line
	to Carrickfergus Harbour
	Whitehead Excursion
	RPSI depot
	Ballymena and Larne Railway
	to Kilwaughter, Ballyclare and Ballymena
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;

Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus
	Platform 1 at Carrickfergus station in 2011.
General information
Location	Carrickfergus; Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°43′03″N 5°48′35″W / 54.717422°N 5.809689°W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Larne
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1862	Station opened
2001	Station refurbished
Passengers
2022/23	484,439
2023/24	624,242
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Belfast-Dublin line
	to Portadown, Newry and Dublin Connolly
	Belfast–Bangor railway line
	to Bangor
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	to Derry~Londonderry
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	via Monkstown
	Harbour branch line
	to Carrickfergus Harbour
	Whitehead Excursion
	RPSI depot
	Ballymena and Larne Railway
	to Kilwaughter, Ballyclare and Ballymena
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;
Location
Location
	Carrickfergus Location within Northern Ireland Carrickfergus Location on the island of Ireland

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 14:58, 28 November 2024

Carrickfergus railway station serves the centre of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. In addition to this, Clipperstown serves the west of the town, and Downshire the east.

The station opened on 1 October 1862.

Service

On Mondays to Fridays, there is a half-hourly service to Belfast Grand Central with extra trains at peak times. In the other direction, there is a half-hourly service with the terminus alternating between Whitehead and Larne Harbour. Some peak time trains terminate here, at platform 3, and other peak trains continue to Larne Town.

On Saturdays, the service remains half-hourly, with fewer trains at peak times.

On Sundays, the service reduces to hourly operation in both directions.^[3]

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways	Following station
Clipperstown		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast–Larne line	Downshire
	Historical railways
Clipperstown Line and station open		Northern Counties Committee Belfast-Larne	Barn Line open, station closed

References

^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
^ "Larne Line NIRailways / Larne Line". translink.co.uk. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

This article on a railway station in Northern Ireland is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[FOI_figures_2223-1] "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

[FOI_figures_2324-2] "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

[3] "Larne Line NIRailways / Larne Line". translink.co.uk. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

@@ Line 128: / Line 128: @@
 [[Category:Railway stations served by NI Railways]]
 [[Category:Grade B1 listed buildings]]
-[[Category:1862 establishments in Ireland]]
 {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub}}

v t e Railway stations served by NI Railways
Bangor Line	Bangor Bangor West Belfast Grand Central Botanic Carnalea City Hospital Cultra Helen's Bay Holywood Lanyon Place Marino Seahill Sydenham Titanic Quarter
Derry~Londonderry Line	Antrim Ballymena Ballymoney Belfast Grand Central Bellarena Botanic Castlerock City Hospital Coleraine Cullybackey Derry~Londonderry Lanyon Place Mossley West Whiteabbey York Street
Larne Line	Ballycarry Belfast Grand Central Botanic Carrickfergus City Hospital Clipperstown Downshire Glynn Greenisland Jordanstown Lanyon Place Larne Harbour Larne Town Magheramorne Trooperslane Whiteabbey Whitehead York Street
Newry/Portadown Line	Adelaide Balmoral Belfast Grand Central Derriaghy Dunmurry Finaghy Hilden Lambeg Lisburn Lurgan Moira Newry Portadown Poyntzpass Scarva
Portrush Line	Coleraine Dhu Varren Portrush University
Dublin Line¹	Belfast Grand Central Drogheda MacBride Dublin Connolly Dundalk Clarke Lisburn Lurgan Newry Portadown
¹ Cross-border services jointly operated with Iarnród Éireann under the Enterprise brand Rail transport in Ireland