Bangor combined railway and bus station was formally opened in 2001.
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Location |
Bangor Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 54°39′31″N 5°40′21″W / 54.6585°N 5.6725°WCoordinates: 54°39′31″N 5°40′21″W / 54.6585°N 5.6725°W |
Owned by | NI Railways |
Operated by | NI Railways |
Platforms | 3 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Key dates | |
1865 | Original station opened |
2001 | Current station opened |
Bangor railway station is a terminal railway station which serves the town of Bangor in County Down, Northern Ireland.
The station was opened by the Belfast and County Down Railway on 1 May 1865 and closed to goods traffic on 24 April 1950.
The station buildings were erected in 1864-1865 to designs by the architect Charles Lanyon.
Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Belfast Central, Belfast Great Victoria Street, Portadown or Newry. Extra services operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings. Certain peak-time services from this station operate as expresses between Bangor West and Holywood or Belfast Central.
On Sundays there is an hourly service to Belfast and onward.