Lurgan railway station

54°28′01″N 6°20′17″W / 54.467°N 6.338°W / 54.467; -6.338Owned byNI RailwaysOperated byNI RailwaysLine(s)Belfast-Dublin line (Enterprise)
Belfast-Newry line (1)Platforms2Tracks2Train operatorsNI Railways, Iarnród ÉireannBus routesUlsterbus Town Services / 352^[1]Bus stands1Bus operatorsUlsterbusConstructionStructure typeAt-gradeParking124 spaces^[2]Bicycle facilitiesSpaces AvailableAccessibleYes^[3]ArchitectWilliam H. MillsOther informationStation codeLURGNFare zone3^[4]Websitetranslink.co.ukHistoryElectrifiedNeverPrevious namesCraigavon East - LurganOriginal companyUlster RailwayPost-groupingGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)Key dates1841Station opened1890sStation Rebuilt^[5]1972Original Station Building Destroyed in Bomb attack.2024-2025The 1970's Station planned to be redeveloped.Passengers2022/23 672,777 ^[6]

Route map

v t e Belfast–Dublin Main Line Legend Year closed Belfast–Larne & Derry Lines Belfast–Bangor Line River Lagan Belfast Lanyon Place Botanic City Hospital City Junction to Belfast Great Victoria Street Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy M1 Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim line Banbridge, Lisburn & Belfast Jn Rly to Banbridge Maze 1974 Broomhedge Halt 1973 Damhead Halt 1973 Moira M1 Pritchards Bridge 1844 Lurgan Goodyear Halt 1983 Seagoe 1842 River Bann Portadown to Armagh 1957 Tanderagee 1965 Scarva Acton Crossing 1954 Poyntzpass Augheranter Crossing 1954 Knockarney Crossing 1965 to Armagh 1955 Goraghwood 1965 to Warrenpoint 1965 Mullaghglass 1901 Craigmore Viaduct Newry Wellington Inn 1852 Adavoyle 1933 Northern Ireland Ireland border Mt. Pleasant 1965 M1 Castletown River Dundalk Clarke Dundalk Junct. station 1894 to Enniskillen 1957 GNR(I) Works Castlebellingham 1976 to Ardee 1975 Dromin Junction 1975 Dunleer 1984 Newfoundwell Boyne Viaduct Drogheda MacBride Dublin–Navan railway line (freight only) Laytown Laytown Viaduct Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Ardgillan 1867 Skerries Skerries Golf Club Halt 1960 Baldongan 1847 Rush and Lusk Rogerstown Viaduct Donabate Broadmeadow viaduct Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Baldoyle 1852 to Howth Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf 1956 Clontarf Road Fairview DART depot River Tolka North Wall Yard to Alexandra Road Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght and Saggart Loopline Bridge Trans-Dublin Line & Rosslare Line = Northern Commuter = Newry/Portadown Line v t e Belfast–Newry line Legend Belfast-Larne/Bangor railway lines to Carrickfergus, Larne Town, Bangor Lanyon Place Botanic Botanic Tunnel City Hospital Great Victoria Street Adelaide depot Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore Lisburn-Antrim railway line to Glenavy, Crumlin, Antrim (disused) Maze Moira Lurgan River Bann Portadown Tanderagee Scarva Poyntzpass Goraghwood Newry Belfast-Dublin railway line to Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin Connolly = Northern Commuter

Location

Lurgan railway station serves Lurgan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Located on William Street. The station is managed by NI Railways. With just over 670,000 passengers in the year 22/23. Lurgan railway station is Northern Ireland's 9th most used station.^[7]

History

The station opened on 18 November 1841 by the Ulster Railway.^[8] Following the merger of the Ulster Railway to the new company Great Northern Railway. The station was rebuilt in 1897 designed by William H. Mills to reflect the new Great Northern Railway's style.^[9] After GNRI was liquidated in 1958 ownership of the station fell on the newly formed Ulster Transport Authority, then temporarily became Ulster Transport Railways (UTR) before being taken over by Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) in 1968. It briefly known as "Craigavon East" for a time back in the 1970s. On 22 July 1972, the original Great Northern Railway station building was destroyed by a paramilitary bomb, and subsequently the current station building was erected.^[9][10]

Railway station

The layout of the railway station nowadays is a side platform. Trains to the north and east, such as those to Bangor and Great Victoria Street, are served by Platform 2, while trains to the south and west, such as those to Portadown, Newry, and Dublin Connolly station, are served by Platform 1. Additionally, there is a level crossing with the A76 (M1 to Lurgan town road) to the east of the station. The station has two entrances, one on either side of the street. Additionally, it has a staffed ticket office, plenty of seating, covered footbridge and toilets.

Service

Train Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Portadown or Newry in one direction and to Lisburn, Great Victoria Street, Belfast Lanyon Place and Bangor in the other. Extra services run at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly operation in the evenings.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. There is also a Sunday-only Enterprise service with one morning train to Dublin Connolly.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Moira		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Newry Line		Portadown
Lisburn		Enterprise Belfast-Dublin Main Line (Sundays only)
	Historical railways
Pritchard's Bridge Line open, station closed		Ulster Railway Belfast-Seagoe		Seagoe Line open, station closed
		Ulster Railway Belfast-Portadown		Portadown Line and station open

Bus Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is 4 Ulsterbus Town Services operating on the William Street road outside the station. On Sundays there is no services and some morning services only operate on School days.^[11] Some routes operate on an hourly service and others operate on a bihourly schedule.

Preceding station		Ulsterbus		Following station
Terminus		Ulsterbus Town services 352a		Annaloist McAlindens Corner
Terminus		Ulsterbus Town Services 352b		Lurgan Avenue Road
Terminus		Ulsterbus Town Services 352c		Lurgan Drumnamoe
Terminus		Ulsterbus Town Services 352c		Lurgan Taghnevan Drive

Redevelopment of the Site

On 25 October 2023, Translink the parent company of the operator of Lurgan Railway Station NI Railways, submitted a Proposal of Application Notice to ABC Council (Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council). The Plans included demolishing the current 1960s station and adjacent abandoned Musgrave Marketplace to replace it with a new "Railway Passenger Facility". This will include a new station building, a new park and ride facility, shelters on both platforms and a bike/pedestrian bridge connecting both platforms. Work is expected to cost around £20 million and a scheduled completion date of 2024.^[12][13][14]

Gallery

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  Lurgan station after the 1972 attacks
• 
  An NIR 80-class DEMU approaching Lurgan in 2001
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  9004 Enterprise (train service) approaching Lurgan in 2006
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  Class 4000 NIR loading passengers at Lurgan in 2015
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  Class 4000 Approaching Lurgan 2014
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  Class 4000 Train crossing William Street level crossing outside Lurgan Train Station in 2012

References

External links

• Media related to Lurgan railway station at Wikimedia Commons