Antrim railway station: Difference between revisions

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| address = [[Antrim, County Antrim|Antrim]]

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The [[railway station|station]] currently serves trains on the [[Belfast-Derry railway line|Belfast to Derry]] line via Bleach Green and {{stnlink|YorkgateYork Street}} station. Until 2003, Belfast-Derry trains reached here by means of the [[Lisburn-Antrim railway line]], however, this line was mothballed after re-opening of the Bleach Green line. There is still the old platform for the Lisburn-Antrim line but has been cut back to allow room, on the other side of a fence, for the bus stands. The possibility of reopening it as a circular route, with a halt at {{stnlink|Aldergrove}} for [[Belfast International Airport]] has been discussed. The station has undergone a major refurbishment to become an integrated bus and rail hub. In total, the station had 4 platforms. One is completely disused, two in use, and one that has been shortened and rarely used.

[[File:4002 arriving into Antrim station.jpg|thumb|NIR 4002 arriving into Antrim on a service to Derry~Londonderry|left|293x293px]]Antrim station was opened by the [[Belfast and Ballymena Railway]] on 11 April 1848.<ref>{{cite web cn| titledate=AntrimMay 2022| workreason=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http[[WP:SPS]]//www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-08-27| archiveurl= https[[WP://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf|UGC]] archivedate=bad 26source September 2007 | url-status= liveremoved}}</ref> It was originally operated by the [[Midland Railway]] [[Northern Counties Committee]]. They provided sidings on the up side of the station, serving the Showgrounds. These sidings also contained a goods store, stabling block, stationmaster's house, office, and weighbridge.

The station buildings at Antrim were rebuilt in 1901-19021901–02 to designs by the architect [[Berkeley Deane Wise]]. It was built in a red-brick, mock-Tudor design. The footbridge was built by Walter MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry in Glasgow.<ref>The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Department of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984</ref>

The main station buildings were on the down platform, and the signal box was at the Belfast end of the same platform. There was a bay at the back of the down line platform for branch line trains, and also on this side of the main linemainline were the locomotive sheds, turntable, goods store, and sidings.

The station itself used to also have a Station Masters House and Goods Yards. The last known Station Master of Antrim Railway Station (Antrim Junction) was a Mr. Cupples. At its peak, Antrim Railway Station was an important station linking many core routes now removed via its station.

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is an hourly service to {{stnlink[[Belfast Grand Central station|GreatBelfast VictoriaGrand Street}}Central]]. In the other direction, theirthere is an hourly service {{stnlink|Derry~Londonderry Waterside}}, with the last service terminating at {{stnlink|Coleraine}}.

On Sundays, services alternate between [[Derry ~ Londonderry railway station|Derry~Londonderry]] or [[Portrush railway station|Portrush]] and the last service terminating at {{stnlink|Coleraine}}. inIn the other direction, theirthere is an hourly service to [[Belfast GreatGrand Victoria Street railway station|Great Victoria street]]Central.

The 3rdthird platform for the Crumlin[[Lisburn–Antrim line]] is not signposted and hasn'thas benot been in passenger service since a diversion from the Bleach Green Line a few yearsin ago2003.

{{Rail line|previous=[[Mossley West railway station|Mossley West]]|next=[[Ballymena railway station|Ballymena]]|route=[[Northern Ireland Railways]]<br/><small>[[Belfast-Derry railway line|Belfast-Derry]]</small> |col=0072BC |lightcol={{NIRDLDLineColorrcr|NI Railways|Derry}} }}

{{Rail line|previous=[[Crumlin railway station, Northern Ireland|Crumlin]]|next=Terminus|route=[[Northern Ireland Railways]]<br/><small>[[Lisburn-Antrim railwayLisburn–Antrim line|Lisburn-AntrimLisburn–Antrim]]</small>|col=0072BC}}