Derriaghy Railway Station
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Derriaghy railway station is located in the
townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...
of
Derriaghy Derriaghy, (; also known as Derryaghy), (), is a townland (of 538 acres) and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, south-west of Belfast city centre. The townland is situated in the historic Barony (geograph ...
in
County Antrim County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, ) is one of six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population o ...
, Northern Ireland. It lies between the centres of
Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
and
Lisburn Lisburn (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre, on the River Lagan, which forms the boundary between County Antrim and County Down. First laid out in the 17th century by English and Welsh settlers, with ...
. The station opened on 9 February 1907 and was closed to passengers between 1953 and 1958.


Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards , or in one direction, and to , or in the other. Extra services operate at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings. On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.


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* Railway stations in County Antrim Railway stations opened in 1907 Railway stations closed in 1953 Railway stations opened in 1958 Reopened railway stations in Northern Ireland Railway stations served by NI Railways {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub