Trooperslane railway station
Trooperslane halt in 2011 | |
Location |
Trooperslane Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 54°42′36″N 5°50′58″W / 54.710059°N 5.849477°WCoordinates: 54°42′36″N 5°50′58″W / 54.710059°N 5.849477°W |
Owned by | NI Railways |
Operated by | NI Railways |
Platforms | 2 |
Construction | |
Structure type | At-grade |
Key dates | |
1848 | Station opened |
2008 | Station refurbished |
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UK Railways portal |
Trooperslane railway station serves the hamlet of Trooperslane in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
The station was opened on 11 April 1848.[1]
For many years it was served only by peak-time services on Mondays to Saturdays. On a trial basis in the 1990s, one service each way made a request stop on a Sunday, however this was not a success.
When Northern Ireland Railways introduced a new clock-face timetable in the mid-2000s, the station once again saw a regular service seven days a week, with nearly all trains serving the station. Trooperslane also has a level crossing, supervised by closed-circuit television.
Service
On Mondays to Fridays, there is a half-hourly service to Great Victoria Street with extra trains at peak times. In the other direction, there is a half-hourly service with the terminus alternating between Whitehead and Larne Harbour every half an hour, with extra services to Carrickfergus at peak times.
On Saturdays, the service remains half-hourly, with fewer trains at peak times.
On Sundays, the service reduces to hourly operation in both directions.
Preceding station | Northern Ireland Railways | Following station | ||
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Greenisland | Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Larne |
Clipperstown | ||
Historical railways | ||||
Greenisland Line and station open |
Northern Counties Committee Belfast-Larne |
Mount Line open, station closed |
References
- ↑ "Trooperslane station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-08-28.