Lurgan railway station

Lurgan
Commuter rail & Intercity rail
Lurgan Station in its current 1970s look.
General information
Location	Lurgan County Armagh Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.467°N 6.338°W / 54.467; -6.338
Owned by	NI Railways LTD
Operated by	Translink (Northern Ireland)
Line(s)	DublinPortadown/Newry
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Train operators	NI Railways, Iarnród Éireann
Bus routes	Ulsterbus Town Services / 352
Bus stands	1
Bus operators	Ulsterbus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	124 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Spaces Available
Accessible	Step free access? - Yes, via level crossing
Architect	William H. Mills
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	LURGN
Fare zone	3
Website	translink.co.uk
History
Electrified	Never
Previous names	Craigavon East - Lurgan
Original company	Ulster Railway
Post-grouping	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Key dates
1841	Station opened
1890s	Station Rebuilt
1972	Original Station Building Destroyed in Bomb attack.
2024-2025	The 1970's Station planned to be redeveloped.
Passengers
2015/16	784,630
2016/17	805,896
2017/18	833,131
2018/19	875,175
2019/20	777,281
2020/21	173,330
2021/22	445,987
2022/23	672,777
2023/24	866,717
NI Railways Translink NI railway stations
Route map (Click to expand) Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Westlink / Central Junction to Lanyon Place Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy M1 Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim line Banbridge, Lisburn & Belfast Jn Rly to Banbridge Maze 1974 Broomhedge Halt 1973 Damhead 1973 Moira M1 Pritchard's Bridge 1844 Lurgan Goodyear Halt 1983 Seagoe 1842 River Bann Portadown to Dungannon 1965 to Armagh 1957 Tanderagee 1965 Banbridge Jn Rly to Banbridge Scarva Acton Crossing 1954 Poyntzpass Augheranter Crossing 1954 Knockarney Crossing 1965 Newry and Armagh Railway to Armagh Goraghwood 1965 to Warrenpoint 1965 Mullaghglass 1901 Bessbrook and Newry Tramway Craigmore Viaduct Newry MacNeill's Egyptian Arch Wellington Inn 1852 Adavoyle 1933 Northern Ireland Ireland border Mt. Pleasant 1965 M1 Castletown River Dundalk Clarke Dundalk Junct. station 1894 ← to Enniskillen│to Greenore → 1957/1952 GNR(I) Works Castlebellingham 1976 to Ardee 1975 Dromin Junction 1975 Dunleer 1984 Newfoundwell Boyne Viaduct Drogheda MacBride Oldcastle branch line (freight only) Laytown Laytown Viaduct Mosney 2000 Gormanston Balbriggan Ardgillan 1867 Skerries Skerries Golf Club Halt 1960 Baldongan 1847 Rush and Lusk Rogerstown Viaduct Donabate Broadmeadow viaduct Malahide Portmarnock Clongriffin Baldoyle 1852 to Howth Howth Junction & Donaghmede Kilbarrack Raheny Harmonstown Killester Clontarf 1956 Clontarf Road Fairview DART depot River Tolka North Wall Yard to Alexandra Road Western Commuter & Sligo Line Docklands The Royal Canal Dublin Connolly Luas Red Line to Tallaght and Saggart Loopline Bridge Trans-Dublin Line & Rosslare Line = Northern Commuter = Newry/Portadown Line Year closed Great Victoria Street 2024 Belfast Grand Central Westlink / Central Junction to Lanyon Place Adelaide depot Adelaide Balmoral Finaghy Dunmurry Derriaghy Lambeg Hilden Lisburn Knockmore 2005 Lisburn-Antrim railway line to Glenavy, Crumlin, Antrim (disused) Maze 1974 Moira Lurgan River Bann Portadown Tanderagee 1965 Scarva Poyntzpass Goraghwood 1965 Newry Belfast-Dublin railway line to Dundalk Clarke, Drogheda MacBride, Dublin Connolly = Northern Commuter
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Lurgan railway station serves Lurgan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Located on William Street. The station is managed by NI Railways. With just under 867,000 passengers boarding or alighting at the station in the year 2023/24 financial year, Lurgan is the 9th-busiest station on the NIR network.

History

Lurgan railway station (GNRI Style) - 1968

The station opened on 18 November 1841 by the Ulster Railway. 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. After GNRI was liquidated in 1958 ownership of the station fell on the newly formed Ulster Transport Authority, then temporarily became Ulster Transport Railways (UTR) before being taken over by Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) 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.

Railway station

The layout of the railway station nowadays is a side platform. Trains to the north and east, such as those to Belfast Grand Central and Lisburn, are served by Platform 2, while trains to the south and west, such as those to Portadown, Newry, and Dublin Connolly station, are served by Platform 1. Additionally, there is a level crossing with the A76 (M1 to Lurgan town road) to the east of the station. The station has two entrances, one on either side of the street. Additionally, it has a staffed ticket office, plenty of seating, covered footbridge and toilets.

Service

Train Services

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service towards Portadown or Newry in one direction and to Lisburn 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 (0836) to Dublin Connolly and one train in the evening to Belfast Grand Central (2239).

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. Some routes operate on an hourly service and others operate on a bihourly schedule.

Front entrance of Lurgan railway station

Redevelopment of the Site

On 25 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 start date of Autumn 2025

Gallery

• 
  Lurgan station after the 1972 attacks
• 
  An NIR 80-class DEMU approaching Lurgan in 2001
• 
  9004 Enterprise (train service) approaching Lurgan in 2006
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  Class 4000 NIR loading passengers at Lurgan in 2015
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  Class 4000 Approaching Lurgan 2014
• 
  Class 4000 Train crossing William Street level crossing outside Lurgan Train Station in 2012

External links

• Media related to Lurgan railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Live departures at Lurgan railway station
• Lurgan Station page on Irish Rail