Marino railway station
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| Marino railway station in 2006 | |
| Location | |
| Place | Holywood |
| Local authority | North Down |
| Operations | |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| History | |
| 1870 | Opened |
| 2008 | Refurbished |
| NI Railways - Translink - NI railway stations | |
Marino railway station is located in the townland of Ballycultra in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland.[1] The station was opened on 1 December 1870.
[edit] Service
Mondays to Saturdays there is a half hourly service towards Portadown or Newry or Belfast in one direction and to Bangor in the other with extra services at peak times and the service is hourly in the evenings operated by Northern Ireland Railways. Some services at peak times start from Belfast Central.
On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. Marino railway station is also home to the Marino Wine Team (MWT). Marino railway station is also the home of the Marino Tanning Team; more famously known as The MTT
Benedictine Monks once inhabited the Grounds on which the railway now sits and their relics are still found to this day.
| Preceding station | Northern Ireland Railways |
Following station | ||
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| Holywood | Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Bangor |
Cultra | ||
[edit] Gallery
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Marino railway station in 1983
[edit] References
- ^ Discoverer Map Series Belfast (D ed.), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005, ISBN 978-1905306022
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Coordinates: 54°38′49″N 5°49′03″W / 54.6470°N 5.8174°W
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