Downshire railway station serves eastern

Carrickfergus Carrickfergus ( , meaning " Fergus' rock") is a large town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It sits on the north shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast. The town had a population of 27,998 at the 2011 Census. It is County Antrim's oldest ...

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, Northern Ireland. This station opened on 1 April 1925 and was known for most of its early life as Downshire Park.

Northern Ireland 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 paren ...

renamed the halt in the late 1970s. The station's signposts prior to the 2008 refurbishment named the station as "Downshire Halt", a name by which the station is still locally known. The Belfast-bound platform was extended during summer 2011 to allow longer trains to operate. The Larne-bound platform was similarly refurbished in early 2012.

Service

On weekdays, there is a half-hourly service to . In the other direction, there is a half-hourly service with the terminus alternating between and every half an hour. At peak times some trains terminate at Larne Town. On Saturdays, the service remains half-hourly with the same alternating pattern, and there are less peak services. On Sundays, the service reduces to an hourly operation in both directions.

References

Railway stations in County Antrim Railway stations opened in 1925 Railway stations served by NI Railways {{NorthernIreland-railstation-stub