Cultra railway station

Cultra railway station
Cultra
Cultra railway station
Location
Place Cultra (Holywood)
Local authority North Down
Operations
Platforms in use 2
History
1865 Opened
1957 Closed
1978 Re-opened
2008 Refurbished
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Cultra railway station is located in the townland of Ballycultra in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. It serves the Cultra residential area and the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

The station was opened on 1 May 1865 and it remained open until 1957 when it was closed by the Ulster Transport Authority.[1] The halt was later reopened by Northern Ireland Railways in 1978, mainly to serve the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half hourly service towards Portadown or Newry or Belfast in one direction and to Bangor in the other with extra services at peak times and the service is hourly in the evenings operated by Northern Ireland Railways. Some services at peak times start from Belfast Central.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

Preceding station NI Railways Northern Ireland Railways Following station
Marino   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor
  Seahill

References

  1. ^ "Cultra station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-28. 

Coordinates: 54°39′08″N 5°48′18″W / 54.6523°N 5.8050°W / 54.6523; -5.8050


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