Adelaide railway station (Northern Ireland)

Railway station in Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Adelaide

NIR Class 3000 train at Adelaide in 2009

General information
Location| Belfast
Northern Ireland
Coordinates| 54°34′42″N 5°57′18″W﻿ / ﻿54.5784°N 5.9550°W﻿ / 54.5784; -5.9550
Owned by| NI Railways
Operated by| NI Railways
Line(s)| Belfast-Newry line (1)
Platforms| 2
Tracks| 2
Construction
Structure type| At-grade
Other information
Fare zone| 1
History
Opened| 1897
Key dates
1 November 1897| Opened as Adelaide and Windsor
1935| Renamed to Adelaide
2008| Refurbished
Passengers
2022/23| 234,760 [1]
2023/24|  279,518 [2]

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Belfast–Dublin Main Line

Legend

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| Year

closed

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Belfast–Larne & Derry Lines

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Belfast–Bangor Line

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River Lagan

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|  | Belfast Lanyon Place
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|  | Botanic
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|  | City Hospital
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|  |  | City Junction

to Belfast Great Victoria Street
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|  | Adelaide
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|  | Balmoral
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|  | Finaghy
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|  | M1
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|  | Dunmurry
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|  | Derriaghy
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|  | Lambeg
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|  | Hilden
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|  | Lisburn
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|  | Knockmore |

2005

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Lisburn-Antrim line

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| Banbridge, Lisburn & Belfast Jn Rly

to Banbridge

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|  | Maze  |

1974

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|  | Broomhedge Halt  |

1973

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|  | Damhead Halt  |

1973

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|  | Moira
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|  | M1
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|  | Pritchards Bridge  |

1844

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|  | Lurgan
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|  | Goodyear Halt  |

1983

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|  | Seagoe  |

1842

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River Bann

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|  | Portadown
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to Armagh

1957

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|  | Tanderagee |

1965

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|  | Scarva
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|  | Acton Crossing  |

1954

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|  | Poyntzpass
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|  | Augheranter Crossing  |

1954

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|  | Knockarney Crossing  |

1965

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to Armagh

1955

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|  | Goraghwood |

1965

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to Warrenpoint

1965

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|  | Mullaghglass  |

1901

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Craigmore Viaduct

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|  | Newry
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|  | Wellington Inn  |

1852

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|  | Adavoyle |

1933

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| Northern Ireland

Ireland
border

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|  | Mt. Pleasant |

1965

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|  | M1
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Castletown River

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|  | Dundalk Clarke

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|  | Dundalk Junct. station |

1894

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to Enniskillen

1957

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GNR(I) Works

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|  | Castlebellingham |

1976

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to Ardee

1975

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|  | Dromin Junction |

1975

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|  | Dunleer |

1984

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Newfoundwell

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|  |
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Boyne Viaduct

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|  | Drogheda MacBride

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| Dublin–Navan railway line

(freight only)

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|  | Laytown

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Laytown Viaduct

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|  | Mosney |

2000

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|  | Gormanston

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|  | Balbriggan

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|  | Ardgillan  |

1867

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|  | Skerries

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|  | Skerries Golf Club Halt  |

1960

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|  | Baldongan  |

1847

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|  | Rush and Lusk

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Rogerstown Viaduct

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|  | Donabate

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Broadmeadow viaduct

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|  | Malahide

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|  | Portmarnock

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|  | Clongriffin

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|  | Baldoyle |

1852

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to Howth

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|  |  | Howth Junction

& Donaghmede

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|  | Kilbarrack

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|  | Raheny

|  |

|  | Harmonstown

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|  | Killester

|  |

|  | Clontarf |

1956

|  |

|  | Clontarf Road

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Fairview DART depot

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River Tolka

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|  |  | North Wall Yard

to Alexandra Road
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Western Commuter & Sligo Line

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|  | Docklands

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The Royal Canal

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|  | Dublin Connolly

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| Luas Red Line

to Tallaght and Saggart

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Loopline Bridge

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| Trans-Dublin Line

& Rosslare Line

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|  |  = Northern Commuter
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|  |  = Newry/Portadown Line
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Location

Adelaide

Location within Northern Ireland

Adelaide railway station is located in the townland of Malone Lower in south Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located just off the Lisburn Road and close to many Queen's University students' houses.

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway of Ireland on 1 November 1897 and was originally called Adelaide and Windsor. It was renamed Adelaide in 1935. It became an unstaffed halt in October 1996.

The station also serves the nearby Windsor Park stadium, which is the current home of the Northern Ireland national football team.

Beside Adelaide Station there are extensive yard facilities and these used to be packed with cement, container, beer and fertiliser trains. Freight north of the border ended in the late 1990s and the yard has lain empty since. When the 80 Class units were withdrawn from service in 2005 they came to Adelaide to be stored. The yard has been developed into a new DMU depot for the Class 4000 trains recently introduced by Northern Ireland Railways.

## Maintenance Depot[edit]

Adjacent to the halt is Adelaide Maintenance Depot for NIR's 3000 Class and 4000 Class DMU's. It is built on the site of the former freight terminal, and consists of a 2-road running shed, 5 stabling sidings, a fuelling apron, a trainwash and 2 sidings for Permanent Way use. It was officially opened on 12 December 2012.

## Service[edit]

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Lisburn, Portadown or Newry in one direction and to Botanic, Belfast Lanyon Place or Bangor in the other. Extra trains operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station  |  |  Northern Ireland Railways |  | Following station

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City Hospital |  | Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Newry

|  | Balmoral
| Future Services |
Grand Central |  | Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Newry

|  | Balmoral

## Gallery[edit]

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
2. ^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

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