Holywood railway station serves
Holywood
Holy Wood or Holywood may refer to:
Places
* Holywood, County Down, a town and townland in Northern Ireland
** Holywood, County Down (civil parish), a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland
** Holywood railway station (Northern Ireland)
* ...
in
County Down, Northern Ireland.
History
The
Belfast and County Down Railway
The Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR) was an Irish gauge () railway in Ireland (later Northern Ireland) linking Belfast with County Down. It was built in the 19th century and absorbed into the Ulster Transport Authority in 1948. All but th ...
(B&CDR) opened the line between
Queen's Quay, Belfast
Queen's Quay is a section of the River Lagan, in the western Titanic Quarter of the city of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
As its name suggests, it originally located the southern section of the Belfast docks complex. But, as ships grew, it became ...
and Holywood on 2 August 1848. Holywood was a terminus until May 1865, when the
Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway (BH&BR) opened from Holywood to Bangor. In 1859 the B&CDR sold its Holywood branch to the BH&BR, with the result that Holywood station came under BH&BR management. However, the B&CDR leased the BH&BR line from 1878 and took it over in 1884, which meant that Holywood station returned to its original management and ownership.
When BH&BR opened in 1865 it was single track. In response to increased traffic the B&CDR doubled the track in stages between 1897 and 1902. In 1911 Holywood station handled passenger and parcel traffic, while its goods yard offered facilities for goods, general livestock, horses and prize cattle. Carriages could be conveyed by passenger train.
The
Ulster Transport Authority
The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) ran rail and bus transport in Northern Ireland from 1948 until 1966.
Formation and consolidation
The UTA was formed by the Transport Act 1948, which merged the Northern Ireland Road Transport Board (NIRT ...
withdrew Holywood's goods services on 24/04/1950.
Translink Translink (or TransLink) may refer to:
* TransLink (British Columbia), the public transport operator in Vancouver, Canada
* Translink (Northern Ireland)
Translink is the brand name of the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), a ...
had the station refurbished in 2008.
Service
From Mondays to Saturdays there is a half hourly service westwards to , , , , or in one direction, and eastwards to and
Bangor in the other. More frequent trains run at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly in the evenings.
Some peak-hour services run only as far as Belfast Central, or pass through Holywood without stopping.
On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.
References
Sources
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External links
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Railway stations in County Down
Railway stations opened in 1848
Railway stations served by NI Railways
Holywood, County Down
Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1848
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