The Belfast to Bangor line (known simply as ''the Bangor line'' by
NI Railways
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) is a railway line in Northern Ireland, originally part of the
Belfast & County Down Railway
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. All services are operated by
NI Railways
NI Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) ( ga, Iarnród Thuaisceart Éireann); and for a brief period Ulster Transport Railways (UTR), is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. NIR is a subsidiary of Translink, whose parent ...
, the only operator for Northern Ireland (NI). Unlike the rest of the United Kingdom, no railway in NI is part of the
National Rail
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network and none is owned by
Network Rail
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. Services run every half-hour, with extra services at peak times.
NI Railways: Bangor line timetable
Accessed 1 August 2010
Nearly all NIR services on this line continue on through Great Victoria Street and terminate at Portadown or Newry, stopping at stations in between. Trains usually run between Portadown and Bangor.
Rail Air Link
The Belfast-Bangor Line is part of the key link into Belfast
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city centre. Trains run from Belfast Great Victoria Street to Sydenham Sydenham may refer to:
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for planes from George Best Belfast City Airport
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.
Museum rail access
The Bangor Line serves important museums including the Ulster Museum
The Ulster Museum, located in the Botanic Gardens in Belfast, has around 8,000 square metres (90,000 sq. ft.) of public display space, featuring material from the collections of fine art and applied art, archaeology, ethnography, treasure ...
, where passengers can alight at and for the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
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alight at .
The Odyssey & Titanic Quarter
Passengers can alight at Titanic Quarter
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station for the Odyssey Arena
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and the Titanic Quarter
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.
References
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Railway lines in Northern Ireland
Transport in Belfast
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5 ft 3 in gauge railways