Carrickfergus railway station

Location
	Carrickfergus Location within Northern Ireland Carrickfergus Location on the island of Ireland

Route map
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Belfast-Dublin line
	to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly
	Belfast–Bangor railway line
	to Sydenham, Holywood, Bangor
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	to Ballymena, Coleraine, Derry~Londonderry
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	via Monkstown
	Harbour branch line
	to Carrickfergus Harbour
	Whitehead Excursion
	RPSI depot
	Ballymena and Larne Railway
	to Kilwaughter, Kells, Ballymena
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Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus
	Platform 1 at Carrickfergus station in 2011.
General information
Location	Carrickfergus; Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°43′03″N 5°48′35″W / 54.717422°N 5.809689°W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Larne
Platforms	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1862	Station opened
2001	Station refurbished
Passengers
2022/23	484,439
2023/24	624,242
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Belfast-Dublin line
	to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly
	Belfast–Bangor railway line
	to Sydenham, Holywood, Bangor
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	to Ballymena, Coleraine, Derry~Londonderry
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	via Monkstown
	Harbour branch line
	to Carrickfergus Harbour
	Whitehead Excursion
	RPSI depot
	Ballymena and Larne Railway
	to Kilwaughter, Kells, Ballymena
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;
Location
Location
	Carrickfergus Location within Northern Ireland Carrickfergus Location on the island of Ireland

Carrickfergus railway station serves the centre of Carrickfergus in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. In addition to this, Clipperstown serves the west of the town, and Downshire the east.

The station opened on 1 October 1862.

Service

On Mondays to Fridays, there is a half-hourly service to Belfast Grand Central 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. Some peak time trains terminate here, at platform 3, and other peak trains continue to Larne Town.

On Saturdays, the service remains half-hourly, with fewer trains at peak times.

On Sundays, the service reduces to hourly operation in both directions.^[3]

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways	Following station
Clipperstown		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast–Larne line	Downshire
	Historical railways
Clipperstown Line and station open		Northern Counties Committee Belfast-Larne	Barn Line open, station closed

References

^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
^ "Larne Line NIRailways / Larne Line". translink.co.uk. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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[FOI_figures_2223-1] "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

[FOI_figures_2324-2] "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

[3] "Larne Line NIRailways / Larne Line". translink.co.uk. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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