Sydenham railway station (Northern Ireland)

Location
	Sydenham Location within Northern Ireland Sydenham Location on the Island of Ireland

Route map
	Year
	closed
	Belfast-Dublin line
	to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly
	Lagan Railway Bridge
	over River Lagan
	Belfast-Larne railway line
	& Belfast-Derry railway line
	Belfast and County Down main line
	to Comber, Downpatrick, Newcastle

Sydenham
Sydenham
	Sydenham railway station in 2007
General information
Location	Belfast; Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°36′33″N 5°52′38″W / 54.6093°N 5.8773°W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Bangor
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1851	Opened
2008	Refurbished
Passengers
2022/23	222,023
2023/24	271,496
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;
Route map
Route map
	Year
	closed
	Belfast-Dublin line
	to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly
	Lagan Railway Bridge
	over River Lagan
	Belfast-Larne railway line
	& Belfast-Derry railway line
	Belfast and County Down main line
	to Comber, Downpatrick, Newcastle
Location
Location
	Sydenham Location within Northern Ireland Sydenham Location on the Island of Ireland

Sydenham railway station is located in the townland of Ballymisert in east Belfast, and is within walking distance of Belfast City Airport and Victoria Park.^[3] The station is unstaffed, and was opened on 1 November 1851.

Service

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly westbound service towards Belfast Grand Central in one direction, and a half-hourly eastbound service towards Holywood and Bangor in the other, with extra services at peak times.

In the evenings, the service reduces to hourly operation. Some peak-time express trains will pass through this station without stopping.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.^[4]

References

^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
^ Discoverer Map Series Belfast (D ed.), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005, ISBN 978-1-905306-02-2
^ "_Bangor Line **From Sun 13 October NIRailways / Bangor Line". translink.co.uk. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

External links

Media related to Sydenham railway station (Belfast) at Wikimedia Commons

[FOI_figures_2223-1] "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

[FOI_figures_2324-2] "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.

[3] Discoverer Map Series Belfast (D ed.), Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland, 2005, ISBN 978-1-905306-02-2

[4] "_Bangor Line **From Sun 13 October NIRailways / Bangor Line". translink.co.uk. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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Railway stations served by NI Railways
Bangor Line	Bangor Bangor West Belfast Grand Central Botanic Carnalea City Hospital Cultra Helen's Bay Holywood Lanyon Place Marino Seahill Titanic Quarter
Derry~Londonderry Line	Antrim Ballymena Ballymoney Belfast Grand Central Bellarena Botanic Castlerock City Hospital Coleraine Cullybackey Derry~Londonderry Lanyon Place Mossley West Whiteabbey York Street
Larne Line	Ballycarry Belfast Grand Central Botanic Carrickfergus City Hospital Clipperstown Downshire Glynn Greenisland Jordanstown Lanyon Place Larne Harbour Larne Town Magheramorne Trooperslane Whiteabbey Whitehead York Street
Newry/Portadown Line	Adelaide Balmoral Belfast Grand Central Derriaghy Dunmurry Finaghy Hilden Lambeg Lisburn Lurgan Moira Newry Portadown Poyntzpass Scarva
Portrush Line	Coleraine Dhu Varren Portrush University
Dublin Line¹	Belfast Grand Central Drogheda MacBride Dublin Connolly Dundalk Clarke Lisburn Lurgan Newry Portadown
¹ Cross-border services jointly operated with Iarnród Éireann under the Enterprise brand Rail transport in Ireland