Lurgan

An Lorgain
NI Railways
Commuter rail & Intercity rail
Lurgan Station in its current 1970s look.
General information
LocationLurgan
County Armagh
Northern Ireland
Coordinates54°28′01″N 6°20′17″W / 54.467°N 6.338°W / 54.467; -6.338
Owned byNI Railways
Operated byNI Railways
Line(s)Belfast-Dublin line (Enterprise)
Belfast-Newry line (1)
Platforms2
Tracks2
Train operatorsNI Railways, Iarnród Éireann
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Other information
Station codeLURGN[1]
Fare zone3[2]
Websitetranslink.co.uk
History
Previous namesCraigavon West
Key dates
1841Station opened
1972Original Station Building Destroyed in Bomb attack.
2024-2025The 1970's Station planned to be redeveloped.
Location
Lurgan is located in Northern Ireland
Lurgan
Lurgan
Location within Northern Ireland

Lurgan railway station serves Lurgan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.

History

Front entrance of Lurgan railway station

The station opened on 18 November 1841. It briefly known as "Craigavon East" for a time back in the 1970s. In 1972, the original Great Northern Railway station building was destroyed by a paramilitary bomb, and subsequently the current station building was erected.[3]

Service

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.

Redevelopment of the Site

On the 25th of 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.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "List of railway stations in Ireland". en.wikipedia.org. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "iLink Zone information". translink.co.uk. Translink. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Geograph:: Lurgan railway station - 1968 © the Carlisle Kid".
  4. ↑ "Lurgan train station redevelopment plan takes a step forward". Yahoo Finance. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Microsoft Start". www.msn.com. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 1 November 2023.


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