Sydenham railway station (Northern Ireland)

Coordinates: 54°36′33″N 5°52′38″W / 54.6093°N 5.8773°W / 54.6093; -5.8773
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Sydenham
General information
LocationBelfast City
Platforms2
Key dates
1851Opened
2008Refurbished

Sydenham railway station is located in the townland of Ballymisert in east Belfast, and is within walking distance of Belfast City Airport and Victoria Park.[1] The station is unstaffed, and opened on 1 November 1851.[2]

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half hourly westbound service towards Belfast Central, Great Victoria Street, Portadown or Newry in one direction, and a half hourly eastbound service towards Holywood and Bangor in the other, with extra services at peak times.

In the evenings, the service reduces to hourly operation. Certain peak time trains will also terminate at Belfast Central or Great Victoria Street, and some peak-time express trains will pass through this station without stopping.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

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References

  1. ^ Discoverer Map Series Belfast (D ed.), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005, ISBN 978-1-905306-02-2
  2. ^ "Sydenham" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-28.

54°36′33″N 5°52′38″W / 54.6093°N 5.8773°W / 54.6093; -5.8773