City Hospital railway station

City Hospital railway station, situated on Donegall Road, serves Belfast City Hospital and the surrounding area of south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is one of the four stations located in the city centre, the others being Great Victoria Street, Botanic, and Lanyon Place.

City Hospital
LocationBelfast
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54.5887°N 5.9402°W / 54.5887; -5.9402
Owned byNI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1986Opened
2008Refurbished

The station opened on 6 October 1986, and is very close to Botanic Station [1]

Service

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service towards Belfast Central and Bangor, or Great Victoria Street and Portadown on Bangor/Portadown Line services, with extra trains at peak times.

There is also a half-hourly Larne Line service to Great Victoria Street in one direction, or Whitehead and Larne Harbour in the other, with extra services to Carrickfergus at peak times.

Derry Line services call hourly at City Hospital, operating to Great Victoria Street in one direction, and Londonderry Waterside or Coleraine in the other.

On Sundays, the Bangor, Portadown and Larne Line services all reduce to hourly operation.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
Great Victoria
Street
  Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
  Botanic
  Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Larne
 
  Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Newry
 
  Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor
 

References

  1. "City Hospital station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
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