Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station

Great Victoria Street
NI Railways
General information
Location10 Glengall St,
Belfast,
County Antrim,
BT12 5AH
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°35′39″N 5°56′10″W / 54.5942°N 5.9362°W / 54.5942; -5.9362
Owned byTranslink (Northern Ireland)
Operated byNI Railways, Ulsterbus
Line(s)Belfast-Newry line (1)
Belfast-Bangor line (1)
Belfast-Larne line (2)
Belfast-Derry line (3)
Platforms4
Tracks4
Train operatorsNI Railways
Bus stands18[1]
Bus operatorsUlsterbus, Metro, Goldline
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingGreat Northern Car Park (To the right of the station)
535 spaces
9 Handicap Spaces [2]
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone1[3]
History
Previous namesBelfast
Original companyUlster Railway
Post-groupingGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
12 August 1839 (12 August 1839)First station opened
13 November 1848First terminus completed
November 1968Terminus largely demolished
24 April 1976First station closed
30 September 1995Second station opened
10 May 2024 [4]Closed, to be replaced by Grand Central station
Passengers
2015/164.380 million [5]
2016/17Increase 4.716 million [5]
2017/18Increase 5.031 million [5]
2018/19Increase 5.348 million [6]
2019/20Decrease 5.077 million [7]
2020/21Decrease 811,049 [8]
2021/22Increase 2.462 million [9]
2022/23Increase 3.939 million [10]
2023/24Increase 4.900 million [11]
Location
Great Victoria Street is located in Northern Ireland
Great Victoria Street
Great Victoria Street
Location within Northern Ireland
Map

Great Victoria Street was a railway station that served the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was one of two main stations in the city, along with Lanyon Place, and was nearest to the city centre. The station was situated beside Great Victoria Street and shared a site with the Europa Buscentre, Belfast's main bus station. The railway and bus stations will be replaced by the adjacent Belfast Grand Central station later in 2024.[12] Great Victoria Street railway station closed permanently on 10 May 2024, several months before its replacement was due to open.[13]

Great Victoria Street was the busiest railway station in Northern Ireland at closure, with a peak of 5,347,662 passengers passing through the station in 2018–2019.[6]

  1. ^ "Europa Buscentre". www.translink.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Great Northern Car Park". 3 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  3. ^ "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Belfast Great Victoria Street station closing after 200 years". 10 May 2024. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "NIR Footfall 1518.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 20 December 2018. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b "NIR Footfall 1819.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 15 January 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  7. ^ "NIR Footfall 1920.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 11 August 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  8. ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2021.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 25 February 2021. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  9. ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2122.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  10. ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  11. ^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Belfast Transport Hub to be called Grand Central Station". BBC News. 8 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Great Victoria Street Train Station in Belfast is set to permanently close next month with the last train leaving on May 10". Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2024.

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