Whiteabbey Railway Station serves the village of

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Newtownabbey Newtownabbey ( ) is a large settlement in North Belfast in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is separated from the rest of the city by Cavehill and Fortwilliam golf course. It surrounds Carnmoney Hill, and was formed from the merging of severa ...

, Northern Ireland.

History

The station was opened by the

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on 11 April 1848. The station buildings were erected in 1863–1864, and the waiting room on the down platform was built in the 1890s. These buildings have since been demolished and replaced with basic NIR shelters. After Whiteabbey, the next station down the Larne line used to be Bleach Green Halt, but this was closed in May 1977. Close to the

Bleach Green Bleach Green is a railway junction located in Newtownabbey where the Belfast to Larne railway line diverges from the Belfast to Derry route. The Bleach Green Junction is the only burrowing junction in the whole of Ireland. History Bleach Green ...

Viaducts.

Service

It is the first station outside

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on the Larne Line. On weekdays, there is a half-hourly service to with extra trains at peak times. In the other direction, there is a half-hourly service with the terminus alternating between and every half an hour, with additional services to and Larne Town at peak times. The first train out on weekdays is the 06:15 to Whitehead and last train in is at 23:10. On Saturdays, there are fewer peak time trains, but the service remains half-hourly. On Sundays, there is an hourly service on the Larne Line. Although technically on the Belfast-Derry railway line, Whiteabbey only sees one weekday morning service from , one weekday morning service from , and two weekday evening services to Coleraine calling. No other Belfast-Derry services call at Whiteabbey outside of special circumstances.

Facilities

At Whiteabbey there are 2 carparks, one at each platform. The station could be considered accessible to those who are mobility impaired, with steps and ramps. There are benches and shelters on each platform. At the end of the Belfast platform, there is a footpath (not signposted) that runs alongside the railway to Dillon's Avenue. The residential street has access to the main road through Whiteabbey.

References

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