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The concept of Suburban was a Northern Ireland Railways marketing campaign in the late 1980s and early 90s when the network was divided into Suburban (near Belfast) and Intercity (beyond), leaving the odd concept of Intercity trains running between Coleraine and the seaside town of Portrush . This division is no longer recognised.
In 2014, Translink announced that they were looking at proposals for a service operating from Belfast International Airport to Belfast city centre. [8] These included proposals to reopen the Lisburn-Antrim railway line , which was closed to passenger trains in June 2003 in favour of the Bleach Green line which provides a direct line between ...
Carrickfergus railway station serves the centre of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. In addition to this, Clipperstown serves the west of the town, and Downshire the east. History
Belfast Lanyon Place (formerly Belfast Central) is a railway station serving the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Located on East Bridge Street in the Laganside area of central Belfast, it is one of four stations in the city centre, the others being City Hospital , Botanic , and Belfast Grand Central .
On weekdays, there is a half-hourly service to Belfast Grand Central with extra trains at peak times. In the other direction, there is a half-hourly service with the terminus alternating between Whitehead and Larne Harbour every half an hour, with extra services to Carrickfergus and Larne Town at peak times.
The main Translink Northern Ireland Railways routes are the major line between Belfast, Antrim, Ballymena, Coleraine and Derry, Belfast to Carrickfergus and Larne, the port for Stranraer in Scotland and Coleraine to Portrush.
Translink's reason for closing the line was that it was unable to maintain two routes to Antrim economically. The Bleach Green–Antrim line, which had been closed since 1978, was reopened in 2001, providing a faster route between Belfast Central (now Lanyon Place), Antrim and Derry~Londonderry. Translink operated a skeleton service on the line ...
In Northern Ireland, Translink have opened new transport hubs in both Belfast (2024) called Belfast Grand Central Station [44] [45] and Derry (2021) called the Northwest Transport Hub. [ 46 ] Rolling stock