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Dunmurry railway station

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Dunmurry
General information
Location	Dunmurry Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°33′11″N 6°00′11″W / 54.553076°N 6.003059°W / 54.553076; -6.003059
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	12 August 1839 (1839-08-12)
Passengers
2022/23	185,101 [1]
2023/24	222,674 [2]
NI Railways Translink NI railway stations
Location Dunmurry Location within Northern Ireland

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

History[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half hourly service towards Lisburn, PortadownorNewry in one direction, and to Botanic, Belfast Lanyon PlaceorBangor 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[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• 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.

External links[edit]

• Media related to Dunmurry railway station at Wikimedia Commons

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