Balmoral railway station
{{Short description|Station in south Belfast, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
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| footnotes = Passenger statistics exclude tickets issued by Iarnród Éireann.
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| image = Balmoral railway station in 2007.jpg
| image_caption = IÉ 201 Class locomotive passing through Balmoral in 2007
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| address = Belfast
| country = Northern Ireland
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| bicycle = No
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| website = {{URL|www.translink.co.uk/balmoral-train-station|translink.co.uk/balmoral}}
| opened = 1858
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| accessible = Yes, access to Lisburn Road and Musgrave Park Hospital via Stockman's Lane, access between platforms via underpass and subway
| owned = NI Railways
| operator = NI Railways
| zone = iLink Zone 1
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| pass_year=2017/18 |passengers= {{increase}} 154,679 }}
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| pass_year=2019/20 |passengers= {{decrease}} 175,408 {{Cite web |title=NIR Footfall 1920.xlsx |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/request_for_a_copy_of_your_curre_3/response/1616551/attach/html/3/FOI953%20Johnson.xlsx.html |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.whatdotheyknow.com|date=2020-08-11
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{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2022/23 |passengers= {{increase}} 172,748 {{Cite web |title=FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/972545/response/2312885/attach/html/4/FOI1317%20NIR%20Footfall%202223.xlsx.html |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.whatdotheyknow.com|date=17 April 2023 }}}}
{{Rail pass box |pass_year=2023/24 |passengers= {{increase}} 194,053 {{Cite web |title=FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf |url=https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/station_usage_2023_2024/response/2648081/attach/html/5/FOI%20Footfall%202023%202024%20figures%20PDF.pdf.html |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=www.whatdotheyknow.com|date=7 May 2024 }}}}
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Balmoral railway station is located in the townland of Ballygammon in south Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station opened on 1 November 1858. The platform was extended by 45 metres in 1870 and the station has been unstaffed since October 1966.
It is located near the King's Hall, an exhibition and concert venue and home of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society.
Station house
There is a station house, which was built in the style of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland, it is now in private ownership and has been extended by the owner.
Service
= Train Services =
Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound to {{stnlink|Lisburn}}, {{stnlink|Portadown}} or {{stnlink|Newry}}, and eastbound via Adelaide, to Belfast Grand Central. Extra trains run at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings.
On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.
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|previous = {{stnlink|Adelaide|Northern Ireland}}
|next = {{stnlink|Finaghy}}
|route = Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast–Dublin line
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|previous = {{stnlink|Great Victoria Street}}
Line open, station closed
|next = {{stnlink|Dunmurry}}
Line and station open
|route = Ulster Railway
Belfast-Portadown
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Gallery
File:Balmoral Station sign Pre 2021 logo Feb 25.jpg|Balmoral station platform signs
File:Balmoral Station Platform 2 Feb 25.jpg|Platform 2 at balmoral station
File:Balmoral Railway station Downline Feb 25.jpg|A look at the downline at balmoral
File:Balmoral - geograph-3254633-by-Albert-Bridge.jpg|A look on the up line at balmoral
File:Subway, Balmoral, Belfast - geograph.org.uk - 602074.jpg|The station underpass used to connect the 2 platforms
File:Balmoral (1).jpg|A class 4000 train ready to depart Balmoral for Belfast
References
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External links
- [http://www.journeycheck.com/nirailways/route?from=BLA&to=&action=search&savedRoute=/ Train services from Balmoral]
{{Commons category|Balmoral railway station}}
{{Railway stations served by NI Railways}}
Category:Railway stations in Belfast
Category:Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1858
Category:Railway stations served by NI Railways
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