Adelaide railway station (Northern Ireland)

Adelaide railway station is located in the townland of Malone Lower in south Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located just off the Lisburn Road and close to many Queen's University students' houses.

Adelaide
Translink rail halt
NIR Class 3000 train at Adelaide in 2009
General information
Location	Belfast Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.5784°N 5.9550°W / 54.5784; -5.9550
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Newry
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	1897
Key dates
1 November 1897	Opened as Adelaide and Windsor
1935	Renamed to Adelaide
2008	Refurbished
Passengers
2022/23	234,760
2023/24	279,518
NI Railways Translink NI railway stations
Route map (Click to expand) Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Westlink / Central Junction to Lanyon Place Adelaide depot Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim railway line to Glenavy, Crumlin, Antrim (disused) Maze 1974 Moira Lurgan River Bann Portadown Tanderagee 1965 Scarva Poyntzpass Goraghwood 1965 Newry Belfast-Dublin railway line to Dundalk Clarke, Drogheda MacBride, Dublin Connolly = Northern Commuter
Location Adelaide Location within Northern Ireland Adelaide Location on the Island of Ireland

History

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway of Ireland on 1 November 1897 and was originally called Adelaide and Windsor. It was renamed Adelaide in 1935. It became an unstaffed halt in October 1996.

Location and facilities

The station also serves the nearby Windsor Park stadium, which is the current home of the Northern Ireland national football team.

Beside Adelaide Station there are extensive yard facilities and these used to be packed with cement, container, beer and fertiliser trains. Freight north of the border ended in the late 1990s and the yard has lain empty since. When the 80 Class units were withdrawn from service in 2005 they came to Adelaide to be stored. The yard has been developed into a new DMU depot for the Class 4000 trains recently introduced by Northern Ireland Railways.

Maintenance Depot

Adjacent to the halt is Adelaide Maintenance Depot for NIR's 3000 Class and 4000 Class DMU's. It is built on the site of the former freight terminal, and consists of a 2-road running shed, 5 stabling sidings, a fuelling apron, a trainwash and 2 sidings for Permanent Way use. It was officially opened on 12 December 2012.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Lisburn, Portadown or Newry in one direction and to Belfast Grand Central in the other. Extra trains operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

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