Larne Harbour railway station

Larne Harbour
Larne Harbour
General information
Location	Larne Harbour; Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Coordinates	54°50′53″N 5°47′55″W / 54.84806°N 5.79861°W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1862	Original station opened
1965	Goods traffic ceased
1985	Current station opened
2012	Platforms extended
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;

Larne Harbour railway station, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, serves the ferry port for ferries to Cairnryan. There are also occasional sailings to Douglas, Isle of Man in conjunction with the Isle of Man TT. Sailings to Cairnryan are operated by conventional ships and several crossings a day operate in each direction throughout the year.

The station co-exists with the passenger terminus for P&O Ferries ferries offering simple integration for foot passengers. However, this situation is not mirrored at the Scottish terminus of Cairnryan, where the nearest railway station, Stranraer Harbour, is five miles from Cairnryan ferry terminal.

The station was opened on 1 October 1862.^[1] It was improved in 1890 by Berkeley Deane Wise to a budget of £3,000 (equivalent to £417,039 in 2023),^[2] with a double faced platform, one side serving the broad gauge line from Belfast and the other the narrow gauge from Ballymena, and a clock with two minute hands showing both English and Irish time, which was 25 minutes later.^[3]

Service

This station is the final outbound terminus for services on the Larne Line.

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service to Great Victoria Street with extra services at peak times. Some of those peak services start and terminate at the nearby Larne Town station instead.

On Sundays the service to Great Victoria Street reduces to operating every two hours.

During weekdays the first train leaves here at 5:48am and the last train arrives at 12:20am.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways	Following station
Larne Town		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Larne	Terminus
	Ferry Connections
Terminus		P&O Ferries Ferry	Stranraer Harbour (via bus link from Cairnryan^[4])
	Historical railways
Larne Town		Northern Counties Committee Belfast-Larne	Terminus

References

^ "Larne Harbour station" (PDF). railscot — Irish Railways. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ Currie, JRL, The Northern Counties Railway, Vol 1, David & Charles, 1973.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "Larne Harbour station" (PDF). railscot — Irish Railways. Retrieved 8 May 2007.

[inflation-UK-2] UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[Currie-3] Currie, JRL, The Northern Counties Railway, Vol 1, David & Charles, 1973.

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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