Great Victoria Street  | |||||||
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| General information | |||||||
| Location | 10 Glengall St, Belfast, County Antrim, BT12 5AH Northern Ireland | ||||||
| Coordinates | 54°35′39″N 5°56′10″W / 54.5942°N 5.9362°W | ||||||
| Owned by | Translink (Northern Ireland) | ||||||
| Operated by | NI Railways, Ulsterbus | ||||||
| Line(s) | Belfast-Newry line (1) Belfast-Bangor line (1) Belfast-Larne line (2) Belfast-Derry line (3) | ||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||
| Train operators | NI Railways | ||||||
| Bus stands | 18[1] | ||||||
| Bus operators | Ulsterbus, Metro, Goldline | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At-grade, platforms demolished | ||||||
| Parking | Great Northern Car Park (To the right of the station) 535 spaces 9 Handicap Spaces [2] | ||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Fare zone | 1[3] | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Previous names | Belfast (1839-1852) Belfast Victoria Street (1852-1856) | ||||||
| Original company | Ulster Railway | ||||||
| Post-grouping | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) | ||||||
| Key dates | |||||||
| 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 [4] | Second station closed, to be replaced by Grand Central station | ||||||
| 7 September 2024 | Europa Buscentre closed, replaced by Grand Central station | ||||||
| 13 October 2024 | Grand Central opens with the first service departing at 8.05 to Dublin | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| 2015/16 | 4.380 million [5] | ||||||
| 2016/17 |  4.716 million [5] | ||||||
| 2017/18 | 5.031 million [5] | ||||||
| 2018/19 | 5.348 million [6] | ||||||
| 2019/20 |  5.077 million [7] | ||||||
| 2020/21 | 811,049 [8] | ||||||
| 2021/22 | 2.462 million [9] | ||||||
| 2022/23 | 3.939 million [10] | ||||||
| 2023/24 | 4.900 million [11] | ||||||
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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 former main bus station. The railway and bus stations were replaced by the adjacent Belfast Grand Central station with the official opening on 13 October 2024.[12] Great Victoria Street railway station closed permanently on 10 May 2024, with a bus transfer service operating until rail services commenced from Belfast Grand Central, with a service to Dublin at 8:05 a.m. on 13 October 2024.[13] [14] Europa Buscentre closed permanently on 7 September 2024,[15] with bus services immediately transferring to the new station, commencing with a service to Dublin at 5 a.m. on 8 September 2024.[16][17]
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]
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- ^ "Great Northern Car Park". 3 June 2024. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
- ^ "Belfast Great Victoria Street station closing after 200 years". 10 May 2024. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
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- ^ "NIR Footfall 1920.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 11 August 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
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- ^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Belfast Grand Central Station to be a 'game-changer' for public transport".
- ^ "Opening date for Belfast Grand Central Station announced as bus services to begin from new transport hub". The Irish News. 19 August 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0906/1468619-grand-central-belfast/
- ^ https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/belfast-grand-central-station-to-be-a-game-changer-for-public-transport/a1948923413.html