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Bangor railway station (Northern Ireland)

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Owned by
  
NI Railways

Structure type
  
At-grade

Address
  
Bangor BT20 3BX, UK

Province
  
Ulster

Platforms in use
  
3

Operated by
  
NI Railways

2001
  
Current station opened

Opened
  
1865

Owner
  
NI Railways

Bangor railway station (Northern Ireland)

Location
  
Bangor Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Local authority
  
North Down Borough Council

Similar
  
Bangor West railway st, Carnalea railway station, Ward Park, Holywood railway station, Bangor Castle

Bangor railway station is a terminal railway station which serves the town of Bangor in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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History

The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 1 May 1865 and closed to goods traffic on 24 April 1950.

The station buildings were erected in 1864-1865 to designs by the architect Charles Lanyon.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Belfast Central, Belfast Great Victoria Street, Portadown or Newry. Extra services operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings. Certain peak-time services from this station operate as expresses between Bangor West and Holywood or Belfast Central.

On Sundays there is an hourly service to Belfast and onward.

References

Bangor railway station (Northern Ireland) Wikipedia