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Balmoral
NIR Class 201 locomotive passing through Balmoral in 2007
General information
Location	Belfast Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°34′08″N 5°58′06″W / 54.5688°N 5.9682°W / 54.5688; -5.9682
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	1858
Passengers
2022/23	172,748
2023/24	194,053
NI Railways Translink NI railway stations
Location BalmoralLocation within Northern Ireland

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

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound to Lisburn, Portadown or Newry, and eastbound via Adelaide, to Belfast Grand Central and Bangor. 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.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Adelaide		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry		Finaghy
	Historical railways
Great Victoria Street Line open, station closed		Ulster Railway Belfast-Portadown		Dunmurry Line and station open

References

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.

External links

• Train services from Balmoral

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