Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station
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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.[4] Great Victoria Street railway station closed permanently on 10 May 2024, several months before its replacement was due to open.[5]
General information | |||||||
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Location | Belfast Northern Ireland | ||||||
Coordinates | 54.5942°N 5.9362°W / 54.5942; -5.9362 | ||||||
Owned by | NI Railways | ||||||
Operated by | NI Railways | ||||||
Platforms | 4 | ||||||
Construction | |||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||
History | |||||||
Original company | Ulster Railway | ||||||
Post-grouping | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) | ||||||
Key dates | |||||||
12 August 1839 (12 August 1839) | First station opened | ||||||
13 November 1848 | First terminus completed | ||||||
November 1968 | Terminus largely demolished | ||||||
24 April 1976 | First station closed | ||||||
30 September 1995 | Second station opened | ||||||
10 May 2024 [1] | Closed, to be replaced by Grand Central station | ||||||
Passengers | |||||||
2022/23 | 3.939 million [2] | ||||||
2023/24 | 4.900 million [3] | ||||||
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Great Victoria Street was the busiest railway station in Northern Ireland at closure, with a peak of 4,899,840 passengers passing through the station in 2023–2024.[3]