Larne Harbour railway station

Larne Harbour railway station, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, serves the ferry port for ferries to Cairnryan. There are also occasional sailings to Douglas, Isle of Man in conjunction with the Isle of Man TT. Sailings to Cairnryan are operated by conventional ships and several crossings a day operate in each direction throughout the year.

Larne Harbour
Terminus Commuter Railway Station
General information
Other names	Port of Larne Train Station
Location	Larne Harbour Larne County Antrim BT40 1AJ Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°50′53″N 5°47′55″W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Larne
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	250 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	3
Website	translink.co.uk
History
Electrified	Un-electrified
Key dates
1862	Original station opened
1965	Goods traffic ceased
1985	Current station opened
2012	Platforms extended
Passengers
2022/23	16,447 [1]
2023/24	24,303 [2]
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 Belfast-Dublin line to Portadown, Newry and Dublin Connolly City Hospital Windsor 1885 Botanic Ormeau 1885 Lanyon Place Queen's Bridge 1885 Lagan Railway Bridge over River Lagan Belfast-Bangor line to Bangor Dargan Bridge over River Lagan York Street Yorkgate 2024 York Road depot York Road 1992 Greencastle 1954 Whitehouse 1954 Whiteabbey Belfast–Derry railway line to Derry~Londonderry Bleach Green 1977 Jordanstown Belfast–Derry railway line via Monkstown 1963 Greenisland Trooperslane Mount 1977 Harbour branch line to Carrickfergus Harbour Clipperstown Carrickfergus Barn 1977 Downshire Eden 1977 Kilroot 1977 Whitehead Whitehead Excursion RPSI depot Ballycarry Magheramorne Glynn Larne Town Ballymena and Larne Railway to Kilwaughter, Ballyclare and Ballymena Larne Harbour This diagram: view talk edit Show Larne line route diagram
Location Larne Harbour Location within Northern Ireland Show map of Northern Ireland Larne Harbour Location on the island of Ireland Show map of island of Ireland

The station co-exists with the passenger terminus for P&O Ferries ferries offering simple integration for foot passengers. However, this situation is not mirrored at the Scottish terminus of Cairnryan, where the nearest railway station, Stranraer Harbour, is five miles from Cairnryan ferry terminal.

The station was opened on 1 October 1862. It was improved in 1890 by Berkeley Deane Wise to a budget of £3,000 (equivalent to £417,039 in 2023),^[3] with a double faced platform, one side serving the broad gauge line from Belfast and the other the narrow gauge from Ballymena, and a clock with two minute hands showing both English and Irish time, which was 25 minutes later.^[4]

A C3K train running on the Larne Line alongside Larne Lough heading towards Larne Harbour.

Service

This station is the final outbound terminus for services on the Larne Line.

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service to Belfast Grand Central with extra services at peak times. Some of those peak services start and terminate at the nearby Larne Town station instead. During weekdays the first train leaves here at 6:05am and the last train arrives at 12:20am.^[5][6]

On Sundays the service to Belfast Grand Central reduces to operating every two hours.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Larne Town		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Larne		Terminus
	Ferry services
Terminus		P&O Ferries Larne-Cairnryan		Stranraer Harbour or Girvan (via bus link from Cairnryan[7])
	Historical railways
Larne Line re-aligned, station closed		Northern Counties Committee Belfast-Larne		Terminus
Larne Line and station closed		Ballymena and Larne Railway Ballymena-Larne		Terminus