Tillysburn railway station

Tillysburn railway station
General information
LocationBelfast, Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°37′08″N 5°51′48″W / 54.618988°N 5.863261°W / 54.618988; -5.863261
History
Opened1848
Closed1945
Original companyBelfast and County Down Railway

Tillysburn railway station was a railway station on the Bangor line of the Belfast and County Down Railway. It opened in 1848, closed in 1945 and was located 2 miles 48 chains (4.2 km) from the Queens Quay terminus.[1]

As of the 2000s, the site was proposed as a station to serve the area between Belfast and Holywood on the Bangor line. The "Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015", published in 2014, proposed that the station be used as part of a rail link to both the Holywood Exchange retail development and George Best Belfast City Airport.[2] As of 2009, it was reported that the station would serve the planned national stadium and as a park and ride facility for the areas around Holywood.[3]

The pressure group, Rail 21, in a submission to the BMAP plan, raised objections about what the new station was expected to do, in that the proposed site was a similar distance from the airport terminal to Sydenham station. Instead, the pressure group proposed a dedicated airport station, with Tillysburn used for the retail development and as a park and ride.[4][needs update]

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
  Proposed  
Sydenham   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor 		  Holywood

References

  1. ^ "BCDR RAILWAY - COMBER RAILWAY - PART TWO". Comber Historical Society. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015 District Proposals: Belfast Harbour Area Transportation". Northern Ireland Planning Service. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 April 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
  3. ^ Mckee, Linda (25 March 2009). "Blanchflower Stadium: plan for aiprort [sic] train station". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  4. ^ "New Railway Station at Tillysburn". Rail 21. Archived from the original on 20 June 2009.