Dunmurry railway station is located in the

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Dunmurry Dunmurry (; ) is an urban townland in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Dunmurry is in the Collin electoral ward for the local government district of Belfast City Council. History Until the end of the 18th century, Dunmurry was largely an agricultura ...

in west

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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. The

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station opened on 12 August 1839. It lies between the centres of Belfast and

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, thus making it a busy commuter station during peak hours. A railway bridge - geograph

Connections

Dunmurry station is a fifteen-minute train journey away from , or a twenty-minute journey from , where intending passengers can board the

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service to .

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.

References

External links

* Railway stations in County Antrim Railway stations served by NI Railways Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1839 {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub