Great Victoria Street railway station
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Great Victoria Street
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Belfast Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 54°35′39″N 5°56′10″W / 54.5942°N 5.9362°WCoordinates: 54°35′39″N 5°56′10″W / 54.5942°N 5.9362°W |
| Owned by | NI Railways |
| Operated by | NI Railways |
| Platforms | 4 |
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| Structure type | At-grade |
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| Original company | Ulster Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) |
| Key dates | |
| 1839 | First station opened |
| 1848 | First terminus completed |
| 1968 | Terminus largely demolished |
| 1976 | First station closed |
| 1995 | Second station opened |
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Belfast Great Victoria Street is a major railway station serving the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is one of two major stations in the city, along with Belfast Central, and is one of the four stations located in the city centre, the others being Belfast Central, Botanic and City Hospital. It is near Great Victoria Street, one of Belfast's premier commercial zones, and Sandy Row. It is in a more central position than Belfast Central, with the Europa Hotel, Grand Opera House and The Crown Liquor Saloon all nearby.
The station is on the site of a former linen mill, beside where Durham Street crossed the Blackstaff River at the Saltwater (now Boyne) Bridge.
The Ulster Railway opened the first station on 12 August 1839. A new terminal building, probably designed by Ulster Railway engineer John Godwin, was completed in 1848. Godwin later founded the School of Civil Engineering at Queen's College.
The station was Belfast's first railway terminus, and as such was called just "Belfast" until 1852. By then two other railway companies had opened termini in Belfast, so the Ulster Railway renamed its terminus "Belfast Victoria Street" for clarity. In 1855 the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway was completed, making Victoria Street the terminus for one of the most important main lines in Ireland. The Ulster Railway changed the station name again to "Great Victoria Street" in 1856.
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