Balmoral railway station

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.

Balmoral
Translink Commuter Rail Halt
IÉ 201 Class locomotive passing through Balmoral in 2007
General information
Location	Belfast Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.5688°N 5.9682°W / 54.5688; -5.9682
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Newry
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes, access to Lisburn Road and Musgrave Park Hospital via Stockman's Lane, access between platforms via underpass and subway
Other information
Fare zone	iLink Zone 1
Website	translink.co.uk/balmoral
History
Opened	1858
Passengers
2016/17	101,511 [1]
2017/18	154,679 [1]
2018/19	181,339 [2]
2019/20	175,408 [3]
2020/21	30,587 [4]
2021/22	90,506 [5]
2022/23	172,748 [6]
2023/24	194,053 [7]
NI Railways Translink NI railway stations
Route map (Click to expand) Show NI Railways Network map Legend Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Westlink / Central Junction to Lanyon Place Adelaide Depot Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy M1 Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim line 2003 Banbridge, Lisburn & Belfast Jn Rly to Banbridge 1956 Maze 1974 Broomhedge Halt 1973 Damhead 1973 Moira M1 Pritchard's Bridge 1844 Lurgan Goodyear Halt 1983 Seagoe 1842 River Bann Portadown to Dungannon, Omagh and Londonderry 1965 to Armagh, Clones and Cavan 1957 Tanderagee 1965 Banbridge Jn Rly to Banbridge 1955 Scarva Acton Crossing 1954 Poyntzpass Augheranter Crossing 1954 Knockarney Crossing 1965 Newry and Armagh Railway to Armagh 1955 Goraghwood 1965 to Warrenpoint 1965 Mullaghglass 1901 Bessbrook and Newry Tramway Craigmore Viaduct Newry MacNeill's Egyptian Arch Wellington Inn 1852 Adavoyle 1933 Northern Ireland Ireland border Mt. Pleasant 1965 M1 Castletown River Dundalk Clarke Dundalk Junct. station 1894 ← to Clones and Enniskillen│to Greenore → 1957/1952 Dundalk Railway Works 1958 Castlebellingham 1976 to Ardee 1975 Dromin Junction 1975 Dunleer 1984 Newfoundwell Boyne Viaduct Drogheda MacBride Oldcastle branch line (freight only) Bettystown 1847 Laytown Laytown Viaduct Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Ardgillan 1867 Skerries Skerries Golf Club Halt 1960 Baldongan 1847 Rush and Lusk Rogerstown Viaduct Donabate Broadmeadow viaduct Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Baldoyle 1852 to Howth Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf 1956 Clontarf Road Fairview DART depot River Tolka North Wall Yard to Alexandra Road Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght and Saggart Loopline Bridge Trans-Dublin Line & Rosslare Line = Northern Commuter = Newry/Portadown Line This diagram: view talk edit Show Newry line route diagram
Location Balmoral Location within Northern Ireland Show map of Northern Ireland Balmoral Balmoral (island of Ireland) Show map of island of Ireland
Notes Passenger statistics exclude tickets issued by Iarnród Éireann.

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

Train services

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound to Lisburn, Portadown or Newry, and eastbound via Adelaide, to Belfast Grand Central. 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–Dublin line		Finaghy
	Historical railways
Great Victoria Street Line open, station closed		Ulster Railway Belfast-Portadown		Dunmurry Line and station open

Gallery

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  Balmoral station platform signs
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  Platform 2 at balmoral station
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  A look at the downline at balmoral
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  A look on the up line at balmoral
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  The station underpass used to connect the 2 platforms
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  A class 4000 train ready to depart Balmoral for Belfast