Belfast–Bangor line

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Bangor line
NI Railways Class 3000 approaching Seahill.
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Northern Ireland
Termini	Belfast Great Victoria Street Bangor
Stations	14
Service
Type	Commuter rail Regional rail Heavy rail
System	NI Railways
Services	Belfast-Bangor Portadown-Bangor Lisburn-Bangor (peak only)
Route number	NIR Service 1
Operator(s)	NI Railways
Rolling stock	Class 3000 "C3K" Class 4000 "C4K"
Technical
Number of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification	Un-electrified
Operating speed	70 mph (110 km/h)
Route map Legend Great Victoria Street Belfast-Dublin railway line to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly City Hospital Botanic Tunnel Botanic Lanyon Place Lagan Railway Bridge over River Lagan Belfast-Larne railway line & Belfast-Derry railway line Titanic Quarter (Bridge End) Belfast Queen's Quay Belfast and County Down Railway to Comber, Ardglass, Newcastle Ballymacarrett Victoria Park Sydenham Holywood Marino Cultra closed 1957 Seahill Helen's Bay Carnalea Bangor West Bangor This diagram: view talk

The Belfast to Bangor line (known simply as the Bangor line by NI Railways) is a railway line in Northern Ireland, originally part of the Belfast & County Down Railway. All services are operated by NI Railways, the only operator for Northern Ireland (NI). Unlike the rest of the United Kingdom, no railway in NI is part of the National Rail network and none is owned by Network Rail. Services run every half-hour, with extra services at peak times.^[1]

Nearly all NIR services on this line continue on through Great Victoria Street and terminate at Portadown or Newry, stopping at stations in between. Trains usually run between Portadown and Bangor.

Rail Air Link[]

The Belfast-Bangor Line is part of the key link into Belfast city centre. Trains run from Belfast Great Victoria Street to Sydenham for planes from George Best Belfast City Airport.

Museum rail access[]

The Bangor Line serves important museums including the Ulster Museum, where passengers can alight at Botanic and for the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum alight at Cultra.

The Odyssey & Titanic Quarter[]

Passengers can alight at Titanic Quarter station for the Odyssey Arena and the Titanic Quarter.

References[]

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