Queen's Quay railway station
| Queen's Quay | |
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Queen's Quay station in 1971.
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| Location | |
| Place | Belfast |
| Area | Belfast City |
| Coordinates | 54°36′06″N 5°55′03″W / 54.6016°N 5.9174°WCoordinates: 54°36′06″N 5°55′03″W / 54.6016°N 5.9174°W |
| Operations | |
| Post-grouping | Northern Ireland Railways |
| Platforms | 3 at closure (originally 5) |
| History | |
| 1848 | Station opened |
| 1910 | Station rebuilt |
| 1976 | Station closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Queen's Quay railway station (also referred to as Belfast Queen's Quay) served the east of Belfast in Northern Ireland. It was formerly one of the three terminus railway stations in Belfast. The others were Great Victoria Street, and York Road.
Queen's Quay station was constructed in 1848 as the terminus of the Belfast and County Down Railway. At its height, it contained five platforms and operated services to Ardglass, Bangor, Comber, Donaghadee, Downpatrick and Newcastle.
The station and its lines were taken over by the Ulster Transport Authority in 1948, who then set about closing large portions of the County Down network. The lines from Queen's Quay to Ardglass, Comber and Newcastle were withdrawn in January 1950. The line to Donaghadee was then removed in April 1950. This left Queen's Quay for the remainder of its years as a fairly quiet terminus for the suburban services to and from Bangor. The interior of the station suffered extensive damage from bomb attacks as The Troubles took hold in Northern Ireland, leaving it a mostly-empty shell by the 1970s, when Northern Ireland Railways took over the country's rail network.
A connection was provided at Ballymacarrett Junction to the Belfast Central Railway, which linked to the Great Northern Railway of Ireland at Great Victoria Street along a track through the site where Belfast Central station now stands. This was primarily used only for rolling stock transfers and freight workings, and closed in 1965. The connection and railway line was subsequently rebuilt in 1976 to allow Bangor line services to transfer to Belfast Central and run directly through to the rest of the Northern Ireland railway network.
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