Whiteabbey railway station

Whiteabbey
Commuter rail
General information
Location	Whiteabbey County Antrim Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°40′22″N 5°54′16″W / 54.67278°N 5.90444°W / 54.67278; -5.90444
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Belfast-Larne line (2) Belfast-Derry line (3)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Car parks on both sides
Other information
Fare zone	3
Website	translink.co.uk
History
Electrified	No
Key dates
1848	Opened
2008	Refurbished
Services
Shelters
NI Railways Translink NI railway stations
Route map Legend Belfast Great Victoria Street Belfast-Dublin line to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly City Hospital Botanic Lanyon Place River Lagan Belfast-Bangor line to Holywood, Helen's Bay, Bangor Lagan Viaduct over River Lagan Cross Harbour Rail Link over Belfast Harbour Yorkgate York Road York Road depot Fortwilliam Traincare Depot Whiteabbey Belfast-Larne line to Carrickfergus, Whitehead, Larne Town Belfast-Derry line via Greenisland Monkstown Mossley Mossley West Ballyclare Junction Ballyclare branch line to Lisnalinchy, Ballyclare Ballyrobert Doagh Templepatrick Dunadry Muckamore Lisburn-Antrim line to Crumlin, Knockmore, Lisburn Antrim Cookstown Junction Cookstown branch line to Randalstown, Cookstown Kellswater Andraid Ballymena and Larne Railway to Kells, Kilwaughter, Larne Town Ballymena Ballymena, Cushendall & Red Bay Rly to Rathkenny, Parkmore, Retreat Cullybackey Glarryford Killagan Dunloy Ballymoney Ballycastle Railway to Dervock, Armoy, Ballycastle Derry Central Railway to Garvagh, Kilrea, Magherafelt Macfin Coleraine Coleraine-Portrush line to University, Dhu Varren, Portrush River Bann Barmouth Castlerock Castlerock Tunnel Downhill Tunnel Downhill Umbra Magilligan Bellarena River Roe Limavady Railway to Limavady, Dungiven Limavady Junction Ballykelly Carrichue Faughanvale Eglinton River Faughan Derry~Londonderry This diagram: view talk edit Legend Great Victoria Street Belfast–Dublin railway line to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly City Hospital Botanic Tunnel Botanic Lanyon Place River Lagan Belfast–Bangor railway line to Sydenham, Holywood, Bangor River Lagan (Lagan Viaduct) Belfast Harbour Cross Harbour Rail Link Yorkgate Belfast York Road York Road depot Greencastle Whitehouse Whiteabbey Belfast–Derry railway line to Ballymena, Coleraine, Derry~Londonderry Bleach Green Jordanstown Belfast–Derry railway line via Monkstown Greenisland Trooperslane Mount Harbour branch line to Carrickfergus Harbour Clipperstown Carrickfergus Barn Downshire Eden Kilroot Whitehead Whitehead Excursion RPSI depot Ballycarry Magheramorne Glynn Larne Town Ballymena and Larne Railway to Kilwaughter, Kells, Ballymena Larne Harbour This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Whiteabbey Location within Northern Ireland

Whiteabbey Railway Station serves the village of Whiteabbey in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the Belfast and Ballymena Railway on 11 April 1848.^[1]

The station buildings were erected in 1863–1864, and the waiting room on the down platform was built in the 1890s. These buildings have since been demolished and replaced with basic NIR shelters.

After Whiteabbey, the next station down the Larne line used to be Bleach Green Halt, but this was closed in May 1977.^[2] Close to the Bleach Green Viaducts.

Service

It is the first station outside Belfast on the Larne Line. On weekdays, there is a half-hourly service to Great Victoria Street 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 additional services to Carrickfergus and Larne Town at peak times.

The first train out on weekdays is the 06:15 to Whitehead ^[3] and last train in is at 23:10.^[4]

On Saturdays, there are fewer peak time trains, but the service remains half-hourly.

On Sundays, there is an hourly service on the Larne Line.

Although technically on the Belfast-Derry railway line, Whiteabbey only sees one weekday morning service from Coleraine, one weekday morning service from Derry~Londonderry, and two weekday evening services to Coleraine calling. No other Belfast-Derry services call at Whiteabbey outside of special circumstances.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Yorkgate		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Derry Line limited service		Mossley West
		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Larne Line		Jordanstown
	Historical railways
Whitehouse Line open, station closed		Belfast and Ballymena Railway York Road-Ballymena		Monkstown Line open, station closed
		Belfast and Ballymena Railway York Road-Carrickfergus Junction		Jordanstown Line and station open
		Northern Counties Committee York Road-Larne		Bleach Green Line open, station closed

Facilities

At Whiteabbey there are 2 carparks, one at each platform. The station could be considered accessible to those who are mobility impaired, with steps and ramps.

There are benches and shelters on each platform.

At the end of the Belfast platform, there is a footpath (not signposted) that runs alongside the railway to Dillon's Avenue. The residential street has access to the main road through Whiteabbey.

References

This page was last edited on 19 February 2024, at 00:30