Lurgan railway station
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Lurgan railway station serves the town of Lurgan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Located on William Street, the station is owned by Translink. With 734,383 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the year 2024/25 financial year, Lurgan is the 11th-busiest station in Northern Ireland.
History
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The station opened on 18 November 1841 by the Ulster Railway.[1] 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.[2] After G.N.R.(I). was liquidated in 1958 ownership of the station fell on the newly formed Ulster Transport Authority, then temporarily became Ulster Transport Railways (U.T.R.) before being taken over by Northern Ireland Railways (N.I.R.) 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.[2][3]
Description
The station has 2 platforms. Platform 1 is used for Southbound trains and platform 2 is used for Northbound trains. The platforms are long enough to fit 6-carriage trains but Enterprise trains do not fully fit so the locomotive is usually past the platform end. The station has a building with a ticket office as well as ticket machines, vending machines and toilets. There are indoor and outdoor waiting areas, and a footbridge which is not disabled access friendly so crossing the platforms is only possible via the level crossing for those with a wheelchair. There are also seating areas outside and car parking spaces on both sides of the station.
Service
Train Services
Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Template:Stnlink or Newry in one direction and to Template:Stnlink and Belfast Grand Central 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 (08:36) to Dublin Connolly and one train in the evening to Belfast Grand Central (22:39).[4]
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.[5] Some routes operate on an hourly service and others operate on a bihourly schedule.
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Redevelopment of the Site
On 25 October 2023, Translink submitted a Proposal of Application Notice to ABC Council (Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council). The plans included demolishing the current 1970s 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 start date of Autumn 2025 was given, with expected completion date of early to mid 2026.[6][7][8]
Gallery
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U.T.A. M.P.D. at Lurgan station after the 1972 attacks
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N.I.R. Class 4000 loading passengers at Lurgan in 2015
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References
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External links
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