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Botanic Railway Station - 3rd day in a row of being unable to even connect to the 'free' wifi, never mind use it!! #Rubbish

Botanic Railway Station

3.0(3 reviews)
68.0 kmCity Centre

Botanic Train Station is small but conveniently located on Botanic Avenue, so if you work near…read moreabout or study at Queen's University Belfast it's perfect. Personally I've always found staff and conductors helpful and pleasant. Being teeny don't expect it to have too much in the way of facilities (e.g. there are no toilets) but it has the essentials such as a maned ticket counter, paper timetables on display and two covered platforms. Located on Botanic there are a plethora of cafes, convenience stores and restaurants nearby. It's handy for getting to different parts of Belfast as a train from here can take you to Central Train Station, Great Victoria Street, Titanic Quarter or City Hospital. If you're going further afield you'll find some good off peak deals, for example a day return off peak ticket to Bangor is just £5.70 (March 2016). My one major criticism is that here in Northern Ireland it's a shame our trains don't have late night services, as last train journeys all seem to be around 10pm or 11pm. Fingers crossed this may change in the future.

I'm sorry but I point-blank refuse to give Translink or anything to do with them more than 2/5…read more They are truely dreadful, and as I have even said in other reviews I actually think they're an embrassment to Northern Ireland. My girlfriend is English and she simply can't believe how bad public transport is in this country and its all down to these monopolising idiots who are money grabbing opportunists at best and psuedo war-profiteers at worst. This particular station is extremely handy if you go to Queen's. Its only two minutes down the road so if you study at Queens you will be getting on or off at this station at some stage. The station is also good access to the Ulster Museum, though its probably 50/50 if this place is closer than City Hospital. Its tidy and clean but has no other amenities. This is probably due to the fact there is a Spar right beside it. One last point is that they always ask for your student card, even if you get the train every day. Pointless.

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Botanic Railway Station - Paper timetables

Paper timetables

Botanic Railway Station
Botanic Railway Station

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Antrim Railway Station - Entrance.

Antrim Railway Station

4.0(2 reviews)
78.8 km

Loved it. Historic and timeless. It opened in 1848 with must building done in the early 1900's mock…read moreTudor style and still standing. It has a wonderful footbridge built by Walter MacFarlane's Saracen Foundry in Glasgow. They specialised in on street drinking fountains, bandstands, lamp standards and made elegance part of their designs creating artistic utility. A lot of staff were in the station to help and I got darn good coffees from a cafe within. I think I paid just over £6 for very good cappuccino from a friendly barista. The toilet facilities are well maintained. Isn't living history fascinating oh and I mentioned the Tudors 1485 to 1603. They were the first to introduce a minimum wage into the UK.

Antrim Station is like flippin' Ghost Town epitomised...honestly, it's the wierdest place…read more Obviously passengers are constantly going through it, and getting on and off trains, but the actual station itself is completely lacking in, well, just about everything. It is very reminiscent of Lisburn Station, with its red brick walls, retro porch style areas, and olde worlde charm, but it's completely dead. When we got off the train, there was no-one in the ticket booth / information point, and we had no clue as to where we were going, so that wasn't very helpful. It ended up we walked the whole way round to the town centre, on a route that took us twice as long as the more direct road. Excellent...particularly when it starts raining, and you're got on your Sun Shimmer and a short sleeved cardie. Speckled arms, anyone? That aside, we did mind to find our way back (just about...can we not have some signs up people?!), and had a bit of a wait for a train to Belfast. No-one was around when we got there - no conductors, no passengers, no nothing. I had a quick peek in the ticket booth, and it seemed pretty dead too. We dandered over to the far side of the station, and hoped to sit in the inside waiting area, only to discovered it was closed. Oh joy. Luckily I had a few tissues, so mopping up excess rain water from the bench wasn't an issue. Once the train came (Antrim features on the Belfast to Londonderry / Derry line), my sister and I were more than relieved to be on our way home. Thankfully there was a break in the rain, so we managed to stay dry for our wait, thank goodness. Still, that'll teach me to reach for the wash off tan...

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Antrim Railway Station - Platform going north cutting across a road in town

Platform going north cutting across a road in town

Antrim Railway Station - Beautiful waiting room built well over 100 years ago

Beautiful waiting room built well over 100 years ago

Antrim Railway Station - Platform

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Great Victoria Street Railway Station - Waiting on the platform. Still.

Great Victoria Street Railway Station

3.5(2 reviews)
67.9 kmCity Centre

Hey, it's a public bus station. If you came here to be…read moreimpressed or swaddled in the lap of luxury then you were out of order. Adjust your expectations accordingly and read on (smile). Bearing that in mind the buses are on time, the kiosk are in working order and the place is relatively clean. I am also fairly certain that there are working toilets there if you need them. The station is in the heart of Belfast and I saw that a few bus lines operate out of this hub. There are three things I really appreciated about this bus station. Unlike some bus stations in the US, there are: First, no homeless people camping out here or begging. Second, no rats running around. Finally, no obvious pimps attempting to pick up young innocent run aways. So they get a few more stars for just being a decent place for humans to simply board a bus.

Great Victoria Street station, in terms of facilities, is pretty much what you would expect from a…read morestation in a city like Belfast but it is a bit cramped and crowded. It is attached to the Europa bus station and is a 5 minute walk away from the city centre which is pretty good but it is a wee bit far out. In the station building there is a WHSmith, a coffee shop, some seats, a ticket office and some toilets. There are four platforms serving the Larne, Londonderry, Portadown and Bangor lines on the NI Railways network. I am pretty sure the Dublin trains will be moved here in the future as well. The staff here are not rude, but they don't really engage with people, for example, the man on the ticket barrier was very robotic, just letting people through once they have flashed a blue NIR ticket at him. There isn't really anything wrong with GVS station but there isn't anything exceptionally good about it to warrant a 4 star review. The convenient connection to Europa bus station is great, especially if you are transferring between services, and the statue of the two women outside on the street is quite interesting, but otherwise it is just a train station which happens to be the main one in Belfast.

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Great Victoria Street Railway Station - Loading luggage into the boot of the bus

Loading luggage into the boot of the bus

Great Victoria Street Railway Station - Schedule Summer 2022

Schedule Summer 2022

Great Victoria Street Railway Station - Airport Express

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Airport Express

Whiteabbey Railway Station - Whiteabbey Station

Whiteabbey Railway Station

3.0(2 reviews)
61.9 km

Whiteabbey Station is basically just a little halt on the Larne to Belfast line. I would never…read moreusually have had much dealings with it, apart from when I was a student at Newtownabbey Tech, a number of years ago. I have various 'happy' memories of trudging in the rain up the road to the college from this station, and even happier memories of the days when we 'forgot' to get off at Whiteabbey, and continued on up to Belfast for a day of procrastination. The platforms have decent sized shelters and benches on both sides, with flights of steps on either side leading up to the walkways to enter/access the platforms. There is also a good sized car park for commuters to use, should they not wish to drive all the way into the city centre. There is no ticket booths here, nor have I ever seen a conductor, so it's just a case of hopping on and purchasing your ticket on the train, should you not already have one.

Whiteabbey Train Station was opened in 1848 and has recently been renovated and now includes a…read moregreat new parking space. This means it's much handier for those who avail of the park and ride service. The parking facility here was minimal before this rebuild but it seems a lot more secure and safe now which will keep many drivers at east. The platform itself isn't up to much, it's pretty basic but that's all you need. It is great having the train station in the area as there's no other stop between Whiteabbey and Belfast. From Mondays to Saturdays on the Larne line there is a half-hourly service towards Carrick with one train an hour continuing to Larne and a half-hourly service to Belfast Central. One thing that baffles me is that the train doesn't stop here on the way to Derry. I used to get this train every week up to Coleraine university and had to travel to Mossley West (see review) even through the train passes through this station. Platform 1 takes you in to Belfast and Platform 2 takes you to CArrickfergus / Larne. Check translink website or call for train times and more info.

Stranraer Harbour Station - trainstations - Updated May 2026

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