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Botanic railway station

Coordinates: 54°35′18″N 5°55′58″W / 54.5884°N 5.9328°W / 54.5884; -5.9328
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This article is about the railway station in Northern Ireland. For the station in The Bronx, see Botanical Garden (Metro-North station). For the subway station in Brooklyn, see Botanic Garden (BMT Franklin Avenue Line). For the former station in Scotland, see Botanic Gardens railway station.

Botanic
NI Railways
General information
LocationBelfast
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°35′18″N 5°55′58″W / 54.5884°N 5.9328°W / 54.5884; -5.9328
Owned byNI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1976Opened
2008Refurbished
Passengers
2022/23904,204 [1]
2023/24Increase 1.176 million [2]
Location
Botanic is located in Northern Ireland
Botanic
Botanic
Location within Northern Ireland
Map

Botanic railway station serves the Botanic area in south Belfast, Northern Ireland and students for Queen's University Belfast; it is also near Shaftesbury Square which is along Botanic Avenue. It is named after the nearby Belfast Botanic Gardens. It is one of the four stations located in the city centre, the others being City Hospital, Lanyon Place, and the under-construction Grand Central.

The station opened on 26 April 1976 and is very close to City Hospital Station[3]

Passengers can alight here for the Ulster Museum, which is situated on the edge of Botanic Gardens.


Service[edit]

As of 3 July 2024, Botanic station is currently closed during the construction of Belfast Grand Central station. It is due to re-open in autumn 2024 with services operating via Grand Central station.

Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station
  Future Services  
City Hospital   Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Derry
   Lanyon Place
  Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Larne
  
  Northern Ireland Railways
Belfast-Bangor
  

The timetable allows 3 minutes for the trains to travel between Lanyon Place and Botanic.

At one point, the cross-border Enterprise service to Dublin Connolly served Botanic, but no longer stops at the station.[4]

Botanic Gardens[edit]

The Botanic Gardens are a short walk away from the station.

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  3. ^ Northern Ireland Railways Public Timetable effective April 26, 1976
  4. ^ "Timetable: Belfast, (NIR) Central Stn - Dublin, Connolly Rail Stn - Service 5". nirailways.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 October 2002. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

External links[edit]

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