Larne Harbour railway station

Location
	Larne Harbour Location within Northern Ireland Larne Harbour Location on the island of Ireland

Route map
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Belfast-Dublin line
	to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly
	Belfast–Bangor railway line
	to Sydenham, Holywood, Bangor
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	to Ballymena, Coleraine, Derry~Londonderry
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	via Monkstown
	Harbour branch line
	to Carrickfergus Harbour
	Whitehead Excursion
	RPSI depot
	Ballymena and Larne Railway
	to Kilwaughter, Kells, Ballymena
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Larne Harbour
Larne Harbour
Terminus Commuter Railway Station
General information
Other names	Port of Larne Train Station
Location	Larne Harbour; Larne; County Antrim; BT40 1AJ; Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°50′53″N 5°47′55″W / 54.84806°N 5.79861°W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Larne
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	250 spaces
Other information
Fare zone	3
Website	translink.co.uk
History
Electrified	Un-electrified
Key dates
1862	Original station opened
1965	Goods traffic ceased
1985	Current station opened
2012	Platforms extended
Passengers
2022/23	16,447
2023/24	24,303
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Belfast-Dublin line
	to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly
	Belfast–Bangor railway line
	to Sydenham, Holywood, Bangor
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	to Ballymena, Coleraine, Derry~Londonderry
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	via Monkstown
	Harbour branch line
	to Carrickfergus Harbour
	Whitehead Excursion
	RPSI depot
	Ballymena and Larne Railway
	to Kilwaughter, Kells, Ballymena
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;
Location
Location
	Larne Harbour Location within Northern Ireland Larne Harbour Location on the island of Ireland

Larne Harbour railway station, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, serves the ferry port for ferries to Cairnryan. There are also occasional sailings to Douglas, Isle of Man in conjunction with the Isle of Man TT. Sailings to Cairnryan are operated by conventional ships and several crossings a day operate in each direction throughout the year.

The station co-exists with the passenger terminus for P&O Ferries ferries offering simple integration for foot passengers. However, this situation is not mirrored at the Scottish terminus of Cairnryan, where the nearest railway station, Stranraer Harbour, is five miles from Cairnryan ferry terminal.

The station was opened on 1 October 1862. It was improved in 1890 by Berkeley Deane Wise to a budget of £3,000 (equivalent to £417,039 in 2023),^[3] with a double faced platform, one side serving the broad gauge line from Belfast and the other the narrow gauge from Ballymena, and a clock with two minute hands showing both English and Irish time, which was 25 minutes later.^[4]

Service

This station is the final outbound terminus for services on the Larne Line.

Mondays to Saturdays there is an hourly service to Belfast Grand Central with extra services at peak times. Some of those peak services start and terminate at the nearby Larne Town station instead. During weekdays the first train leaves here at 6:05am and the last train arrives at 12:20am.^[5]^[6]

On Sundays the service to Belfast Grand Central reduces to operating every two hours.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways	Following station
Larne Town		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Larne	Terminus
	Ferry services
Terminus		P&O Ferries Ferry	Stranraer Harbour (via bus link from Cairnryan^[7])
	Historical railways
Larne Line re-aligned, station closed		Northern Counties Committee Belfast-Larne	Terminus
Larne Line and station closed		Ballymena and Larne Railway Ballymena-Larne	Terminus

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.
^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
^ Currie, JRL, The Northern Counties Railway, Vol 1, David & Charles, 1973.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[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.

[inflation-UK-3] UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.

[Currie-4] Currie, JRL, The Northern Counties Railway, Vol 1, David & Charles, 1973.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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Derry~Londonderry Line	Antrim Ballymena Ballymoney Bellarena Botanic Castlerock City Hospital Coleraine Cullybackey Derry~Londonderry Grand Central Lanyon Place Mossley West Whiteabbey York Street
Larne Line	Ballycarry Botanic Carrickfergus City Hospital Clipperstown Downshire Glynn Grand Central Greenisland Jordanstown Lanyon Place Larne Harbour Larne Town Magheramorne Trooperslane Whiteabbey Whitehead York Street
Newry/Portadown Line	Adelaide Balmoral Derriaghy Dunmurry Finaghy Grand Central 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 Services jointly operated with Iarnród Éireann under the Enterprise brand Rail transport in Ireland