Adelaide railway station (Northern Ireland)

Adelaide
NI Railways
Translink rail halt
NIR Class 3000 train at Adelaide in 2009
General information
LocationBelfast
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°34′42″N 5°57′18″W / 54.5784°N 5.9550°W / 54.5784; -5.9550
Owned byNI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Line(s)Newry
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Fare zone1
History
Opened1897
Key dates
1 November 1897Opened as Adelaide and Windsor
1935Renamed to Adelaide
2008Refurbished
Passengers
2022/23234,760 [1]
2023/24Increase 279,518 [2]
Route map

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Year
closed
Great Victoria Street
2024
Belfast Grand Central Belfast-Bangor railway line Belfast-Derry railway line Belfast-Dublin railway line Belfast-Larne railway line
Westlink / Central Junction
to Lanyon Place
Adelaide depot
Adelaide
Balmoral
Finaghy
Dunmurry
Derriaghy
Lambeg
Hilden
Lisburn Belfast-Dublin railway line
Knockmore
2005
Maze
1974
Moira
Lurgan Belfast-Dublin railway line
Portadown Belfast-Dublin railway line
Tanderagee
1965
Scarva
Poyntzpass
Goraghwood
1965
Newry Belfast-Dublin railway line Dublin Suburban Rail
Dublin Suburban Rail#Northern Commuter = Northern Commuter
Location
Adelaide is located in Northern Ireland
Adelaide
Adelaide
Location within Northern Ireland
Adelaide is located in island of Ireland
Adelaide
Adelaide
Location on the Island of Ireland
Map

Adelaide railway station is located in the townland of Malone Lower in south Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located just off the Lisburn Road and close to many Queen's University students' houses.

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway of Ireland on 1 November 1897 and was originally called Adelaide and Windsor. It was renamed Adelaide in 1935. It became an unstaffed halt in October 1996.

The station also serves the nearby Windsor Park stadium, which is the current home of the Northern Ireland national football team.

Beside Adelaide Station there are extensive yard facilities and these used to be packed with cement, container, beer and fertiliser trains. Freight north of the border ended in the late 1990s and the yard has lain empty since. When the 80 Class units were withdrawn from service in 2005 they came to Adelaide to be stored. The yard has been developed into a new DMU depot for the Class 4000 trains recently introduced by Northern Ireland Railways.

  1. ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.