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Portadown Railway Station serves the town of Portadown in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The station is located on the Belfast-Dublin railway line. The original station opened in 1842, and the present station opened in 1970. It is currently NI Railways 6th busiest station with over 1.1 million passengers in the 2023/24 financial year [9]
Trains extend to Larne typically every hour. 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 ( details ).
The Belfast–Newry line (known as the Portadown line by NI Railways) operates from Belfast Grand Central in County Antrim to Newry in County Down, Northern Ireland.The manager for this line is based at Portadown railway station, although the line extends to the border to include the Scarva and Poyntzpass halts and Newry.
An Ulsterbus Volvo B7R at former Europa Buscentre in October 2023. Ulsterbus is responsible for most of the bus services in Northern Ireland.They operate around 20 bus stations which include: Armagh, Antrim, Lisburn, Bangor, Newtownards, Downpatrick, Newry, Craigavon, Dungannon, Omagh, Enniskillen, Derry, Coleraine, Ballymena, Magherafelt, Larne and Newcastle and others within Belfast and ...
Portadown station includes three tracks, facilitating overtaking or terminating services, while Lisburn station primarily serves suburban commuter trains heading into Belfast. As the line leaves Lisburn, signalling changes for a final time to Belfast Lanyon Place Signal Centre, which controls signalling north of Lisburn on the approach to Belfast.
Notably, the direct train service between Bangor and Portadown, which previously operated through central Belfast, was discontinued. As a result, passengers traveling between these locations now require a transfer at Grand Central Station. [14] This alteration has been met with mixed reactions from passengers and local politicians.
The first arrival was the 09:15 Translink NI Railways service from Portadown. On board this train was the Minister for Infrastructure, John O'Dowd. Also present at the commencement of services was Translink's CEO, Chris Conway. The first 2000 passengers to use the station received a commemorative ticket. [40] [41] [42] [43]
However, under Translink's subsequent plan to build a new integrated transport hub, the proposal has expanded to the potential construction of a brand new 6–8 platform station on the site of the old Grosvenor Road freight depot, close to the existing station, because the existing site is too constrained for any further expansion. [28]