Belfast Grand Central  | |||||||||
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| Translink rail and bus station | |||||||||
 The station at the Grosvenor Road at soft opening, 8 September 2024 | |||||||||
| General information | |||||||||
| Other names | Belfast Transport Hub | ||||||||
| Location | Weavers Cross, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 54°35′41.16″N 05°56′23.24″W / 54.5947667°N 5.9397889°W | ||||||||
| Owned by | Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company[1] | ||||||||
| Operated by | Translink | ||||||||
| Line(s) | Bangor Derry~Londonderry Dublin Larne Portadown/Newry | ||||||||
| Platforms | 8 | ||||||||
| Tracks | 8 | ||||||||
| Train operators | NI Railways Iarnród Éireann (On cross border services) [2] | ||||||||
| Bus routes |
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| Bus stands | 26 | ||||||||
| Bus operators | |||||||||
| Connections | Bus, Taxi, Trains, Bikes | ||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||
| Parking | Great Northern Car Park 535 spaces 9 Handicap Spaces [3] | ||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 300 cycle parking spaces[2] | ||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[2] | ||||||||
| Architect | John McAslan + Partners [4] | ||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 [5] | ||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||
| 2019 | Construction started | ||||||||
| 8 September 2024 | Soft Opening Bus Services start | ||||||||
| 13 October 2024 | Official Opening | ||||||||
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Belfast Grand Central station (originally the Belfast Transport Hub[6]) is a railway and bus station in the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has replaced Great Victoria Street railway station and the Europa Buscentre.[7][8] It is built next to its predecessors, in a new neighbourhood called Weaver's Cross.[9] The first bus service, to Dublin, departed from the station on 8 September 2024, and the first rail service, also to Dublin, departed from the station on 13 October 2024.[10][11][12]
- ^ "Information about ownership". whatdotheyknow.co.uk. Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company. 17 June 2024. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
Translink.co.ukwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Great Northern Car Park". 3 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Belfast Grand Central". mcaslan.co.uk. John McAslan + Partners. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
- ^ "Belfast Transport Hub to be called Grand Central Station". 8 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Work on £175m Belfast transport hub to start in 2018, says Translink boss". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ Corscadden, Jane (7 April 2022). "Translink announces name of new Belfast transport hub". BelfastLive. Archived from the original on 23 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ MacAuley, Conor (6 September 2024). "New £340m transport hub a 'game changer' for Belfast". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on 7 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ "Grand Central Station: Trains start running from Belfast station". BBC News. 12 October 2024. Archived from the original on 16 November 2024. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
- ^ Black, Rebecca (6 September 2024). "Belfast Grand Central Station to be a 'game-changer' for public transport". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 6 September 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.