Sydenham railway station (Northern Ireland)

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Sydenham
NI Railways
Sydenham railway station, Northern Ireland in 2007.jpg
LocationBelfast
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°36′33″N 5°52′38″W / 54.6093°N 5.8773°W / 54.6093; -5.8773Coordinates: 54°36′33″N 5°52′38″W / 54.6093°N 5.8773°W / 54.6093; -5.8773
Owned byNI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1851Opened
2008Refurbished

Sydenham railway station is located in the townland of Ballymisert in east Belfast, and is within walking distance of Belfast City Airport and Victoria Park.[1] The station is unstaffed, and was opened on 1 November 1851.[2]

Service[]

Sydenham (1).jpg

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly westbound service towards Belfast Central, Great Victoria Street, Portadown or Newry in one direction, and a half-hourly eastbound service towards Holywood and Bangor in the other, with extra services at peak times.

In the evenings, the service reduces to hourly operation. Certain peak time trains will also terminate at Belfast Central or Great Victoria Street, and some peak-time express trains will pass through this station without stopping.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station   NIR logo.svg Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Titanic Quarter   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor
  Holywood
  Historical railways  
Victoria Park
Line open, station closed
  Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast-Bangor
  Holywood
Line and station open
  Proposed  
Titanic Quarter   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor
  Tillysburn

References[]

  1. ^ Discoverer Map Series Belfast (D ed.), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005, ISBN 978-1-905306-02-2
  2. ^ "Sydenham" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 28 August 2007.

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