Dunmurry railway station

54°33′11″N 6°00′11″W / 54.553076°N 6.003059°W / 54.553076; -6.003059Owned byNI RailwaysOperated byNI RailwaysPlatforms2Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeHistoryOpened12 August 1839 (1839-08-12)Passengers2022/23185,101 ^[1]2023/24

222,674 ^[2]

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Location
Dunmurry Location within Northern Ireland

Dunmurry railway station is located in the townland of Dunmurry in west Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

History

The station opened on 12 August 1839 when the Ulster Railway opened its line between Belfast Great Victoria Street and Lisburn a distance of 7 miles 60 chains (12.5 km).^[3] The line was single-track, and Dunmurry was the only intermediate station.^[4]

Connections

Dunmurry station lies between the centres of Belfast and Lisburn, thus making it a busy commuter station during peak hours.^[5] It is a fifteen-minute train journey away from Lisburn, or a twenty-minute journey from Belfast Central, where intending passengers can board the Enterprise service to Dublin Connolly.^[6]

Service

The line between Lisburn and Belfast Lanyon Place is temporarily closed due to the Belfast Grand Central enabling works. There is currently no train service at this station, and a rail replacement bus is provided. Below is the service pattern before the closure^[7]

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half hourly service towards Lisburn, Portadown or Newry in one direction, and to Botanic, Belfast Lanyon Place or Bangor in the other. Extra services operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings.^[6]

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.^[6]

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways	Following station
Finaghy		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry	Derriaghy
	Historical railways
Balmoral Line and station open		Ulster Railway Belfast-Portadown	Lisburn Line and station open

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.
^ Ayres 2003, p. 26.
^ Patterson 2003, p. 11.
^ Hajducki 1974, p. 9.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dunmurry train station". Translink.
^ "BGCS Works". translink.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

Bibliography

Ayres, Bob (2003). "Irish Railway Station Dates" (PDF). Irish Railway Record Society.
Hajducki, S. Maxwell (1974). A Railway Atlas of Ireland. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5167-2.
Patterson, Edward Mervyn (2003). The Great Northern Railway (Ireland). Usk: Oakwood. ISBN 978-0-85361-602-3. OCLC 1345568131.