Sydenham railway station (Northern Ireland)

Sydenham
Sydenham railway station in 2007
General information
Location	Belfast Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.6093°N 5.8773°W / 54.6093; -5.8773
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Bangor
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1851	Opened
2008	Refurbished
Passengers
2022/23	222,023 [1]
2023/24	271,496 [2]
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Sydenham railway station is located in the townland of Ballymisert in east Belfast, and is within walking distance of Belfast City Airport and Victoria Park.[3] The station is unstaffed, and was opened on 1 November 1851.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly westbound service towards Belfast Grand Central in one direction, and a half-hourly eastbound service towards Holywood and Bangor in the other, with extra services at peak times.

In the evenings, the service reduces to hourly operation. Some peak-time express trains will pass through this station without stopping.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.[4]

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Titanic Quarter		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Bangor		Holywood
	Historical railways
Victoria Park Line open, station closed		Belfast and County Down Railway Belfast-Bangor		Holywood Line and station open
	Proposed
Titanic Quarter		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Bangor		Tillysburn

References

1. "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
2. "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
3. Discoverer Map Series Belfast (D ed.), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005, ISBN 978-1-905306-02-2
4. "_Bangor Line **From Sun 13 October NIRailways / Bangor Line". translink.co.uk. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

External links

• Media related to Sydenham railway station (Belfast) at Wikimedia Commons