Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland
Banbridge (BLBR) railway station
Banbridge (BLBR) railway station in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
Albert Bridge — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Banbridge (BLBR) railway station is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Banbridge railway station was on the Banbridge Junction Railway and Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway which ran from Knockmore Junction to Banbridge in Northern Ireland.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The first Banbridge station was opened by the Banbridge Junction Railway on 23 March 1859. The nearby Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway was opened on 1 August 1863 with their own station for Banbridge, resulting in the former station closing in October that year. The station was later part of the once extensive Great Northern Railway (Ireland) system that connected to , and . The Great Northern Railway Board closed the Scarva and Newcastle branches on 2 May 1955 and then the remaining line to Lisburn on 30 April 1956, almost a year later. The lines in the town had been lifted by September 1959. The engine shed is now used by Ulsterbus as a bus depot.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.3527, -6.2726
- Address
- Huntly Road
Sources
- wikidata: Q4853995 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Banbridge railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Banbridge (BLBR) railway station?
- Banbridge (BLBR) railway station is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.3527°, -6.2726°.