Moira railway station

This article is about the station in Northern Ireland. For the former station in England, see Moira railway station (England).

Moira
NI Railways
General information
LocationMoira, County Down.
(Station in County Antrim)
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°29′31″N 6°12′54″W / 54.492°N 6.215°W / 54.492; -6.215
Owned byNI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Line(s)Portadown/Newry
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeMOIRA[1]
Passengers
2022/23254,953 [2]
2023/24Increase 330,930 [3]
Location
Moira is located in Northern Ireland
Moira
Moira
Location within Northern Ireland
Moira is located in island of Ireland
Moira
Moira
Moira (island of Ireland)
Map
Moira station in the winter.
Moira station in the summer

Moira railway station serves Moira in County Down, Northern Ireland. Despite the station serving the County Down town, the station itself is located in County Antrim, the neighbouring Lagan Canal being the boundary. Moira station is the oldest building on the NI Railways network today having been opened on 18 November 1841.[4] The old, now redundant, signal box stands over the station on the Southbound side.

Situated near the M1 motorway, the station is popular amongst commuters from the surrounding area, with over 330,000 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the 2023/24 financial year.[3]

In March 2014, NIR started construction of a new footbridge at the Portadown end of the station. The footbridge was completed in August 2014.

  1. ^ "Irish Rail Realtime API". api.irishrail.ie. Irish Rail. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  3. ^ a b "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  4. ^ http://www.ni-environment.gov.uk/moirastationeng.pdf[permanent dead link]