Lurgan railway station

Lurgan railway station serves Lurgan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

Lurgan
NI Railways
General information
LocationLurgan
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54.467°N 6.338°W / 54.467; -6.338
Owned byNI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1841Station opened
Location
Lurgan is located in Northern Ireland
Lurgan
Lurgan
Location within Northern Ireland

History

Front entrance of Lurgan railway station

The station opened on 18 November 1841. In 1972, the original Great Northern Railway station building was destroyed by a paramilitary bomb, and subsequently the current station building was erected.[1]

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Portadown or Newry in one direction and to Lisburn, Great Victoria Street, Belfast Central and Bangor in the other. Extra services run at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. There is also a Sunday-only Enterprise service with one morning train to Dublin Connolly.

References


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