Aldergrove railway station

The station was opened in 1871 by the Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway, which in 1879 became part of the Great Northern Railway (Ireland). In 1958 it passed to the Ulster Transport Authority, which withdrew passenger services from the line and closed the station in 1960.

As of 2014, it was proposed that Aldergrove railway station could be reopened to serve Belfast International Airport. As the Lisburn–Antrim railway line was closed in 2003, plans for a station to serve the airport (a few hundred yards away) are aspirational. The Department for Regional Development Railway Investment Prioritisation Strategy stated in 2014 that a "re-opened Antrim to Knockmore/Lisburn line could also present an opportunity to establish a rail link to Belfast International Airport (BIA), although such investment is less likely to be economically viable until airport passengers grow to at least 10 million. Passenger throughput in 2013 was just 4 million".[https://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/drd/railway-investment-priorisation-strategy_1.pdf paragraph 3.34] As of 2023, the airport handled approximately 5.9 million passengers.{{cite web |title=VINCI Airports — Traffic at 31 December 2023 |url=https://www.vinci.com/commun/communiques.nsf/6D529D6EECC7BC2AC1258AA6003CE67E/$file/vinci-airports--traffic-31-december-2023.pdf |access-date=24 June 2024 |location=Nanterre |date=16 January 2024}}

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