Carrickfergus railway station

Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus
	Platform 1 at Carrickfergus station in 2011.
General information
Location	Carrickfergus; Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates	54°43′03″N 5°48′35″W / 54.717422°N 5.809689°W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1862	Station opened
2001	Station refurbished.
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;

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.^[1]

Service

On Mondays to Wednesdays, there is a half-hourly service to Great Victoria Street 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 every half an hour. Some peak time trains terminate here.

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

On Sundays, the service reduces to hourly operation in both directions.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Clipperstown	style="background:#Template:NIRColor; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" \|	Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Larne	style="background:#Template:NIRColor; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" \|	Downshire
	Historical railways
Clipperstown Line and station open		Northern Counties Committee Belfast-Larne		Barn Line open, station closed

References

^ "Carrickfergus" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 27 August 2007.

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[1] "Carrickfergus" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 27 August 2007.

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