Botanic railway station serves the Botanic area in south
Belfast
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Queen's University Belfast
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; it is also near
Shaftesbury Square which is along
Botanic Avenue. It is named after the nearby
Belfast Botanic Gardens
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Occupying of south Belfast, the gardens are popular with office workers, students and tourists. They are located on Stranmillis Road in Queen's Quarter, with Queen's Universi ...
. It is one of the four stations located in the city centre, the others being
City Hospital,
Great Victoria Street, and .
The station opened on 26 April 1976 and is very close to
City Hospital Station[Northern Ireland Railways Public Timetable effective April 26, 1976]
Passengers can alight here for 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 ...
, which is situated on the edge of Botanic Gardens.
Service
On Mondays to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service towards and
Bangor, or and on Bangor/Portadown Line services, with extra trains at peak times.
There is also a half-hourly Larne Line service to in one direction, or and in the other, with extra services to at peak times.
Londonderry Line services call hourly at Botanic, operating to in one direction, and or in the other.
On Sundays, the Bangor, Portadown and Larne Line services all reduce to hourly operation. Derry Line services reduce to two-hourly operation.
The timetable allows 3 minutes for the trains to travel between and Botanic.
At one point, the cross border
Enterprise
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service to
Dublin Connolly
Connolly station ( ga, Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile) or Dublin Connolly is one of the busiest railway stations in Dublin and Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. On the North side of the River Liffey, it provides InterCi ...
served Botanic, but no longer stops at the station.
Botanic Gardens
The Botanic Gardens are a short walk away from the station.
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Railway stations in Belfast
Railway stations opened in 1976
Railway stations opened by NI Railways
Railway stations served by NI Railways
1976 establishments in Northern Ireland