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title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">54°35′39″N</span> <span class="longitude">5°56′10″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">54.5942°N 5.9362°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">54.5942; -5.9362</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">A former railway station in central Belfast which closed in 2024</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1021842319">.mw-parser-output .ib-station-name{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}@media only screen and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ib-station{width:25.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-station-name{width:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard ib-station"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div style="display: table; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse"><div class="ib-station-name"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Great Victoria Street</div></div><div style="display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:3px;white-space:nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/NI_Railways" title="NI Railways"><img alt="NI Railways" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Logomark_NI_Railways.svg/15px-Logomark_NI_Railways.svg.png" decoding="async" 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title="Translink (Northern Ireland)">Translink (Northern Ireland)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Operated by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NI_Railways" title="NI Railways">NI Railways</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Ulsterbus</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Line(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Belfast-Newry_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Newry line">Belfast-Newry line</a> (1)<br /><a href="/wiki/Belfast-Bangor_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Bangor line">Belfast-Bangor line</a> (1)<br /><a href="/wiki/Belfast-Larne_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Larne line">Belfast-Larne line</a> (2)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Belfast-Derry_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Derry line">Belfast-Derry line</a> (3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Platforms</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tracks</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Train operators</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NI_Railways" title="NI Railways">NI Railways</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bus stands</th><td class="infobox-data">18<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bus operators</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Ulsterbus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Metro_(Belfast)" title="Metro (Belfast)">Metro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_Gold" title="Stagecoach Gold">Goldline</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef">Construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Structure type</th><td class="infobox-data">At-grade, platforms demolished</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parking</th><td class="infobox-data">Great Northern Car Park (To the right of the station)<br /> 535 spaces <br /> 9 Handicap Spaces <sup id="cite_ref-Great_Northen_Car_Park_Information_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Great_Northen_Car_Park_Information-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Accessible</th><td class="infobox-data">Yes</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef">Other information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fare zone</th><td class="infobox-data">1<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Previous names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Belfast (1839-1852)<br />Belfast Victoria Street (1852-1856)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Railway" title="Ulster Railway">Ulster Railway</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Post-grouping</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Ireland)" title="Great Northern Railway (Ireland)">Great Northern Railway (Ireland)</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef">Key dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">12 August 1839<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">12 August 1839</span>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data">First station opened</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">13 November 1848</th><td class="infobox-data">First terminus completed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">November 1968</th><td class="infobox-data">Terminus largely demolished</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">24 April 1976</th><td class="infobox-data">First station closed</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">30 September 1995</th><td class="infobox-data">Second station opened</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">10 May 2024 <sup id="cite_ref-BBC_closure_article_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_closure_article-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data">Second station closed, to be replaced by <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Grand_Central_station" title="Belfast Grand Central station">Grand Central station</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">7 September 2024</th><td class="infobox-data">Europa Buscentre closed, replaced by Grand Central station</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">13 October 2024</th><td class="infobox-data">Grand Central opens with the first service departing at 8.05 to Dublin</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#efefef">Passengers</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2015/16</th><td class="infobox-data">4.380 million <sup id="cite_ref-FOI_figures_1518_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOI_figures_1518-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2016/17</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4.716 million <sup id="cite_ref-FOI_figures_1518_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOI_figures_1518-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2017/18</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.031 million <sup id="cite_ref-FOI_figures_1518_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOI_figures_1518-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2018/19</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.348 million <sup id="cite_ref-FOI_figures_1819_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOI_figures_1819-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2019/20</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 5.077 million <sup id="cite_ref-FOI_figures_1920_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOI_figures_1920-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2020/21</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 811,049 <sup id="cite_ref-FOI_figures_2021_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOI_figures_2021-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2021/22</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.462 million <sup id="cite_ref-FOI_figures_2122_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOI_figures_2122-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2022/23</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3.939 million <sup id="cite_ref-FOI_figures_2223_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOI_figures_2223-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2023/24</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg/240px-United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="204" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg/360px-United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg/480px-United_Kingdom_Northern_Ireland_adm_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1208" data-file-height="1026" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.72%;left:78.793%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Great Victoria Street"><img alt="Great Victoria Street" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div>Great Victoria Street</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within Northern Ireland</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="14" data-lat="54.5942" data-lon="-5.9362" data-overlays="["_3a9b32c08e75773cd12029f96a79e68550575ec1"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/14/54.5942/-5.9362/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,54.5942,-5.9362,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&revid=1252703110&groups=_3a9b32c08e75773cd12029f96a79e68550575ec1" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,14,54.5942,-5.9362,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&revid=1252703110&groups=_3a9b32c08e75773cd12029f96a79e68550575ec1 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Great Victoria Street</b> was a railway station that served the <a href="/wiki/Belfast_City_Centre" title="Belfast City Centre">city centre</a> of <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, Northern Ireland. It was one of two main stations in the city, along with <a href="/wiki/Lanyon_Place_railway_station" title="Lanyon Place railway station">Lanyon Place</a>, and was nearest to the city centre. The station was situated beside <a href="/wiki/Great_Victoria_Street,_Belfast" title="Great Victoria Street, Belfast">Great Victoria Street</a> and shared a site with the <b>Europa Buscentre</b>, Belfast's former main bus station. The railway and bus stations were replaced by the adjacent <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Grand_Central_station" title="Belfast Grand Central station">Belfast Grand Central station</a> with the official opening on 13 October 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Great Victoria Street railway station closed permanently on 10 May 2024, with a bus transfer service operating until rail services commenced from Belfast Grand Central, with a service to <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> at 8:05 a.m. on 13 October 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Europa Buscentre closed permanently on 7 September 2024,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with bus services immediately transferring to the new station, commencing with a service to Dublin at 5 a.m. on 8 September 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Great Victoria Street was the busiest railway station in Northern Ireland at closure, with a peak of 5,347,662 passengers passing through the station in 2018–2019.<sup id="cite_ref-FOI_figures_1819_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOI_figures_1819-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ulster_Railway_Terminus_(Great_Victoria_Street_Station)_1854_(Doyle).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Drawing of a grand Victorian stone building, with its central entrance lined with columns." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Ulster_Railway_Terminus_%28Great_Victoria_Street_Station%29_1854_%28Doyle%29.jpg/220px-Ulster_Railway_Terminus_%28Great_Victoria_Street_Station%29_1854_%28Doyle%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Ulster_Railway_Terminus_%28Great_Victoria_Street_Station%29_1854_%28Doyle%29.jpg/330px-Ulster_Railway_Terminus_%28Great_Victoria_Street_Station%29_1854_%28Doyle%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Ulster_Railway_Terminus_%28Great_Victoria_Street_Station%29_1854_%28Doyle%29.jpg/440px-Ulster_Railway_Terminus_%28Great_Victoria_Street_Station%29_1854_%28Doyle%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1291" data-file-height="886" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The 1848 Godwin-designed terminus building, as drawn in 1854.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413363.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="One small wing of the previously-illustrated building, with temporary huts in the place of the rest of the structure." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413363.jpg/220px-Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413363.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413363.jpg/330px-Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413363.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413363.jpg/440px-Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413363.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Remains of the station building in 1976, before final demolition.</div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:222px;max-width:222px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gt_Victoria_Street_station,_Belfast_(5)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1261548.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Narrow, bright alleyway, leading to a modern arched entrance of a single-floor, brick-built building." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1261548.jpg/220px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1261548.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1261548.jpg/330px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1261548.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1261548.jpg/440px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%285%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1261548.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="418" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Entrance to station in 2009.</div></div></div></div></div> <p>The station was on the site of a former <a href="/wiki/Linen" title="Linen">linen</a> mill, beside where Durham Street crossed the <a href="/wiki/Blackstaff_River" title="Blackstaff River">Blackstaff River</a> at the Saltwater (now Boyne) Bridge. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Railway" title="Ulster Railway">Ulster Railway</a> opened the first station on 12 August 1839<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1839-08-12</span>)</span>. A new terminal building, probably designed by Ulster Railway engineer John Godwin, was completed in 1848.<sup id="cite_ref-centuryofbelfast_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centuryofbelfast-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Godwin later founded the School of Civil Engineering at <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_College,_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen's College, Belfast">Queen's College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-centuryofbelfast_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centuryofbelfast-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The station, built directly on Victoria Street, was Belfast's first railway terminus, and as such was called just "Belfast" until 1852. By this time, two other railway companies had opened termini in Belfast, so the Ulster Railway renamed its terminus "Belfast Victoria Street" for clarity. In 1855 the <a href="/wiki/Dublin_and_Belfast_Junction_Railway" title="Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway">Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway</a> was completed,<sup id="cite_ref-belfast-hub-brochure-p2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-belfast-hub-brochure-p2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making Victoria Street the terminus for one of the most important main lines in <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>. The Ulster Railway changed the station name again to "Great Victoria Street" in 1856, in line with a change of the street name. </p><p>In 1876 the Ulster Railway became part of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Ireland)" title="Great Northern Railway (Ireland)">Great Northern Railway</a> (GNR),<sup id="cite_ref-belfast-hub-brochure-p2_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-belfast-hub-brochure-p2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making Great Victoria Street the terminus for a network that extended south to <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> and west to <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bundoran" title="Bundoran">Bundoran</a>. </p><p>Express passenger traffic to and from <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Connolly_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin Connolly railway station">Dublin Connolly station</a> was always Great Victoria Street's most prestigious traffic. The GNR upgraded its expresses over the decades and in 1947 introduced the <i><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Enterprise (train)">Enterprise</a></i> non-stop service between the two capitals.<sup id="cite_ref-belfast-hub-brochure-p3_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-belfast-hub-brochure-p3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Belfast suburbs grew, commuter traffic also grew in volume. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_interior_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413375.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="The view inside the vaulted ceiling of a metal shed-like structure, bustling with people" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_interior_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413375.jpg/220px-Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_interior_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413375.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_interior_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413375.jpg/330px-Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_interior_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413375.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_interior_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413375.jpg/440px-Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_-_interior_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2413375.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Interior of the original station in 1976.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1958, the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Transport_Authority" title="Ulster Transport Authority">Ulster Transport Authority</a> took over Northern Ireland's bus and rail services. Three years later Great Victoria Street station was modernised, and a bus centre incorporated into the facility.<sup id="cite_ref-belfast-hub-brochure-p3_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-belfast-hub-brochure-p3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Then in 1968, a large section of the 1848 terminal building was demolished to make way for the development of the <a href="/wiki/Europa_Hotel,_Belfast" title="Europa Hotel, Belfast">Europa Hotel</a>, which opened in 1971.<sup id="cite_ref-belfast-hub-brochure-p3_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-belfast-hub-brochure-p3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the conflict known as <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>, the station was attacked several times. On 22 March 1972, 70 people were injured, a train was destroyed and the station significantly damaged by a <a href="/wiki/Car_bomb" title="Car bomb">Car bomb</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another bomb explosion, on 21 July, destroyed four buses but caused no casualties. This was one of 20 bombs that exploded that day, planted by the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> in an event that became known as <a href="/wiki/Bloody_Friday_(1972)" title="Bloody Friday (1972)">Bloody Friday</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1976 <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland Railways">Northern Ireland Railways</a> closed both Great Victoria Street<sup id="cite_ref-belfast-hub-brochure-p3_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-belfast-hub-brochure-p3-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Queen%27s_Quay_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast Queen's Quay railway station">Belfast Queen's Quay</a> terminus of the <a href="/wiki/Belfast%E2%80%93Bangor_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast–Bangor railway line">Bangor line</a> and replaced them both with a new Belfast Central Station, now renamed <a href="/wiki/Lanyon_Place_railway_station" title="Lanyon Place railway station">Lanyon Place</a>. The remainder of Great Victoria Street station was demolished. After a feasibility study was commissioned in 1986 it was agreed that a new development on the site, incorporating the reintroduction of the Great Northern Railway, was viable. The Great Northern Tower had already been built on the site of the old station terminus in 1992,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and so the second Great Victoria Street Station was built behind the tower block, yards from the site of its predecessor. The new station was opened on 30 September 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-GVS1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GVS1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station closed on Friday 10 May 2024 to make way for the new Belfast Grand Central station. The last train to depart was the 23:32 service to <a href="/wiki/Bangor_railway_station_(Northern_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangor railway station (Northern Ireland)">Bangor</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railway_station">Railway station</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Railway station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Great_Victoria_Street_Station,_Belfast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2814432.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Photo looking along the length of two curved railway platforms, taken from under a shelter and looking out into daylight." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Great_Victoria_Street_Station%2C_Belfast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2814432.jpg/220px-Great_Victoria_Street_Station%2C_Belfast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2814432.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Great_Victoria_Street_Station%2C_Belfast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2814432.jpg/330px-Great_Victoria_Street_Station%2C_Belfast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2814432.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Great_Victoria_Street_Station%2C_Belfast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2814432.jpg/440px-Great_Victoria_Street_Station%2C_Belfast_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2814432.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="754" /></a><figcaption>Great Victoria Street platforms in 2011.</figcaption></figure> <p>The final station had two <a href="/wiki/Island_platform" title="Island platform">island platforms</a> providing a total of four platform faces. Platforms 2 and 3 ran the full length of the site and opened onto the station's main concourse. Platforms 1 and 4 were half the length and were accessible by walking down the other platforms.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Great Victoria Street was the hub of Northern Ireland's suburban rail services, with <a href="/wiki/Belfast-Bangor_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Bangor railway line">Bangor line</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast-Derry_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Derry railway line">Derry~Londonderry line</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast%E2%80%93Newry_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast–Newry railway line">Newry line</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast-Larne_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Larne railway line">Larne Line</a> trains all terminating there.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Service_at_closure">Service at closure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Service at closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Mondays to Saturdays, there were half-hourly services to <a href="/wiki/Bangor_railway_station,_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangor railway station, Northern Ireland">Bangor</a> or <a href="/wiki/Portadown_railway_station" title="Portadown railway station">Portadown</a> on the Bangor and Portadown Lines, with some Portadown-bound trains continuing on to <a href="/wiki/Newry_railway_station" title="Newry railway station">Newry</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>There was also a half-hourly service on the Larne Line, with the terminus alternating between <a href="/wiki/Whitehead_railway_station" title="Whitehead railway station">Whitehead</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larne_Harbour_railway_station" title="Larne Harbour railway station">Larne Harbour</a> being the terminus every half hour.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Derry~Londonderry Line trains operated hourly from Great Victoria Street to <a href="/wiki/Derry~Londonderry_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Derry~Londonderry railway station">Derry~Londonderry</a> with connecting shuttle service from <a href="/wiki/Coleraine_railway_station" title="Coleraine railway station">Coleraine</a> to <a href="/wiki/Portrush_railway_station" title="Portrush railway station">Portrush</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Coleraine-Portrush_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Coleraine-Portrush railway line">Coleraine-Portrush railway line</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On Sundays, the Bangor, Larne, and Portadown Line services all reduced to hourly operation. Derry~Londonderry Line services reduced to two-hourly operation, with only seven trains running each way. Derry~Londonderry Line trains were still hourly but alternated between Derry Waterside and Portrush, except for the final train of the evening, which terminated at Coleraine.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Class_3000_(left)_and_class_4000_(right).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Class 3000 (left) at platform 3 and class 4000 (right) at platform 2" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Class_3000_%28left%29_and_class_4000_%28right%29.jpg/220px-Class_3000_%28left%29_and_class_4000_%28right%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Class_3000_%28left%29_and_class_4000_%28right%29.jpg/330px-Class_3000_%28left%29_and_class_4000_%28right%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Class_3000_%28left%29_and_class_4000_%28right%29.jpg/440px-Class_3000_%28left%29_and_class_4000_%28right%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><b><a href="/wiki/NIR_Class_3000" title="NIR Class 3000">Class 3000</a> (left) and <a href="/wiki/NIR_Class_4000" title="NIR Class 4000">class 4000</a> (right)</b></figcaption></figure> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="vertical-align: middle; width: 30%; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-left: none; border-bottom: none;">Preceding station </th> <th style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">  </th> <th style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logomark_NI_Railways.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Logomark_NI_Railways.svg/15px-Logomark_NI_Railways.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Logomark_NI_Railways.svg/23px-Logomark_NI_Railways.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Logomark_NI_Railways.svg/30px-Logomark_NI_Railways.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="133" data-file-height="146" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/NI_Railways" title="NI Railways">Northern Ireland Railways</a> </th> <th style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">  </th> <th style="vertical-align: middle; width: 30%; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-right: none; border-bottom: none;">Following station </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td> <td style="background:#0072bc; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland Railways">Northern Ireland Railways</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Belfast-Derry_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Derry railway line">Belfast-Derry</a></small><div style="height:8px; background-color:#009bdc; color:inherit; border:none; margin:0 -5px -2px;"></div> </td> <td style="background:#0072bc; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="3" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/City_Hospital_railway_station" title="City Hospital railway station">City Hospital</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#0072bc; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland Railways">Northern Ireland Railways</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Belfast-Larne_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Larne railway line">Belfast-Larne</a></small><div style="height:8px; background-color:#d85054; color:inherit; border:none; margin:0 -5px -2px;"></div> </td> <td style="background:#0072bc; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#0072bc; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland Railways">Northern Ireland Railways</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Belfast-Bangor_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Bangor railway line">Belfast-Bangor</a></small><div style="height:8px; background-color:#f7bf56; color:inherit; border:none; margin:0 -5px -2px;"></div> </td> <td style="background:#0072bc; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:0px none; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_railway_station_(Northern_Ireland)" title="Adelaide railway station (Northern Ireland)">Adelaide</a> </td> <td style="background:#0072bc; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland Railways">Northern Ireland Railways</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Belfast-Newry_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Newry railway line">Belfast-Newry</a></small><div style="height:8px; background-color:#61b86a; color:inherit; border:none; margin:0 -5px -2px;"></div> </td> <td style="background:#0072bc; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/City_Hospital_railway_station" title="City Hospital railway station">City Hospital</a> </td></tr> <tr class="s-note"> <td>  </td> <td class="s-note-content" colspan="3"><b>Proposed</b> </td> <td> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1232812449">.mw-parser-output .s-note{color:var(--color-base,#202122);background-color:var(--background-color-interactive,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .s-note>td{border-left:none;border-right:none;border-bottom:none}.mw-parser-output .s-note>td.s-note-content{text-align:center}</style> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td> <td style="background:#355E3B; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(train_service)" title="Enterprise (train service)">Enterprise</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Dublin-Belfast_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin-Belfast railway line">Belfast-Dublin</a></small> </td> <td style="background:#355E3B; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Portadown_railway_station" title="Portadown railway station">Portadown</a> </td></tr> <tr class="s-note"> <td>  </td> <td class="s-note-content" colspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Category:Defunct_railroads" title="Category:Defunct railroads">Historical railways</a></b> </td> <td> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1232812449"> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td> <td style="background:#228b22; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Ireland)" title="Great Northern Railway (Ireland)">Great Northern Railway (Ireland)</a><br /><small><i>Enterprise</i> Express</small> </td> <td style="background:#228b22; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Connolly_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin Connolly railway station">Amiens Street</a><br /><small>Line and station open</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Link">Air Link</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Air Link"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Railway access from Great Victoria Street at <a href="/wiki/Sydenham_railway_station,_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydenham railway station, Northern Ireland">Sydenham</a> linked into <a href="/wiki/George_Best_Belfast_City_Airport" title="George Best Belfast City Airport">George Best Belfast City Airport</a> on the line to <a href="/wiki/Bangor_railway_station,_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangor railway station, Northern Ireland">Bangor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="21st_century">21st century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 21st century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>NI Railways constructed a new traincare facility next to <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_railway_station,_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Adelaide railway station, Northern Ireland">Adelaide station</a> for its <a href="/wiki/Diesel_multiple_unit" title="Diesel multiple unit">diesel multiple units</a>. The opportunity was also taken to improve the infrastructure at Great Victoria Street; the plan to begin with was to reduce the curves by realigning the track, and moving the buffer stops and the route from the platforms to the concourse to the other side of Durham Street. Additionally there were plans to add a fifth platform to the station, which would have culminated in <i><a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(train_service)" title="Enterprise (train service)">Enterprise</a></i> services transferring from <a href="/wiki/Lanyon_Place_railway_station" title="Lanyon Place railway station">Lanyon Place</a> to Great Victoria Street.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, under Translink's subsequent plan to build a new <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Transport_Hub" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast Transport Hub">integrated transport hub</a>, the proposal has expanded to the potential construction of a brand new 6–8 platform station on the site of the old Grosvenor Road freight depot, close to the existing station, because the existing site is too constrained for any further expansion.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was announced that the station would close permanently on 10 May 2024, though the line from Belfast to Lisburn would remain open using the third side of the triangular track layout to bypass the GVS/GC site, as services used to do during the station's first closure from 1976-1995.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Great Victoria Street station closed permanently on 10 May 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rail_and_sea_connections">Rail and sea connections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rail and sea connections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Port_of_Belfast">Port of Belfast</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Port of Belfast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Port_of_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Port of Belfast">Port of Belfast</a> has a <a href="/wiki/Stena_Line" title="Stena Line">Stena Line</a> ferry connecting to <a href="/wiki/Cairnryan" title="Cairnryan">Cairnryan</a> for the bus link<sup id="cite_ref-dumgal.gov.uk_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dumgal.gov.uk-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Stranraer_railway_station" title="Stranraer railway station">Stranraer</a> and onward trains along the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_South_Western_Line" title="Glasgow South Western Line">Glasgow South Western Line</a> to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_railway_station" title="Glasgow Central railway station">Glasgow Central</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:97%; border-top: 0px none;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="vertical-align: middle; width: 30%; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-left: none; border-bottom: none;">Preceding station </th> <th style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">  </th> <th style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a href="/wiki/Ferry" title="Ferry">Ferry</a> </th> <th style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">  </th> <th style="vertical-align: middle; width: 30%; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-right: none; border-bottom: none;">Following station </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Stranraer_Harbour_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Stranraer Harbour railway station">Stranraer Harbour</a><br /><small>(via bus link from Cairnryan<sup id="cite_ref-dumgal.gov.uk_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dumgal.gov.uk-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</small> </td> <td style="background:#333333; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Stena_Line" title="Stena Line">Stena Line</a><br /><small>Ferry</small> </td> <td style="background:#333333; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Port of Belfast">Port of Belfast</a><br /><small>(from <a href="/wiki/Yorkgate_railway_station" title="Yorkgate railway station">Yorkgate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanyon_Place_railway_station" title="Lanyon Place railway station">Lanyon Place</a> or Belfast Great Victoria Street)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Liverpool" title="Port of Liverpool">Liverpool</a> </td> <td style="background:#333333; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Stena_Line" title="Stena Line">Stena Line</a><br /><small>Ferry</small> </td> <td style="background:#333333; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Port of Belfast">Port of Belfast</a><br /><small>(from <a href="/wiki/Yorkgate_railway_station" title="Yorkgate railway station">Yorkgate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanyon_Place_railway_station" title="Lanyon Place railway station">Lanyon Place</a> or Belfast Great Victoria Street)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man_Sea_Terminal" title="Isle of Man Sea Terminal">Douglas</a> </td> <td style="background:#333333; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Man_Steam_Packet" class="mw-redirect" title="Isle of Man Steam Packet">Isle of Man Steam Packet</a><br /><small>Ferry(seasonal)</small> </td> <td style="background:#333333; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Port_of_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="Port of Belfast">Port of Belfast</a><br /><small>(from <a href="/wiki/Yorkgate_railway_station" title="Yorkgate railway station">Yorkgate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lanyon_Place_railway_station" title="Lanyon Place railway station">Lanyon Place</a> or Belfast Great Victoria Street)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Stranraer_Harbour_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Stranraer Harbour railway station">Stranraer Harbour</a><br /><small>(via bus link from Cairnryan<sup id="cite_ref-dumgal.gov.uk_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dumgal.gov.uk-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>)</small> </td> <td style="background:#333333; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/P%26O_Ferries" title="P&O Ferries">P&O Ferries</a><br /><small>Ferry</small> </td> <td style="background:#333333; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Larne_Harbour_railway_station" title="Larne Harbour railway station">Larne Harbour</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Port_of_Larne">Port of Larne</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Port of Larne"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Belfast-Larne_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast-Larne railway line">Larne line</a> connects with <a href="/wiki/Larne_Harbour_railway_station" title="Larne Harbour railway station">Larne Harbour</a> with <a href="/wiki/P%26O_Ferries" title="P&O Ferries">P&O Ferries</a> sailing to <a href="/wiki/Cairnryan" title="Cairnryan">Cairnryan</a> for the bus link<sup id="cite_ref-dumgal.gov.uk_30-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dumgal.gov.uk-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Stranraer_railway_station" title="Stranraer railway station">Stranraer</a> and onward trains along the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_South_Western_Line" title="Glasgow South Western Line">Glasgow South Western Line</a> to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_railway_station" title="Glasgow Central railway station">Glasgow Central</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as alternative sailings by <a href="/wiki/P%26O_Ferries" title="P&O Ferries">P&O Ferries</a> to <a href="/wiki/Troon_railway_station" title="Troon railway station">Troon</a> also on the <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_South_Western_Line" title="Glasgow South Western Line">Glasgow South Western Line</a> to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Central_railway_station" title="Glasgow Central railway station">Glasgow Central</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Europa_Buscentre">Europa Buscentre</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Europa Buscentre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Great Victoria Street was part of a major public transport interchange, being adjacent to the Europa Buscentre. This was built in 1991 as the ground floor level of a <a href="/wiki/Multi-storey_car_park" class="mw-redirect" title="Multi-storey car park">multi-storey car park</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Buscentre is the Belfast terminus for most <a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Ulsterbus</a> "<a href="/wiki/Goldline_(Ulsterbus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Goldline (Ulsterbus)">Goldline</a>" services in Northern Ireland. These serve various destinations that are not on the railway network, including <a href="/wiki/Enniskillen" title="Enniskillen">Enniskillen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banbridge" title="Banbridge">Banbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Omagh" title="Omagh">Omagh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Downpatrick" title="Downpatrick">Downpatrick</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cavan" title="Cavan">Cavan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle,_County_Down" title="Newcastle, County Down">Newcastle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strabane" title="Strabane">Strabane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Armagh" title="Armagh">Armagh</a>. Also, services from the Buscentre serve both <a href="/wiki/Belfast_City_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast City Airport">Belfast City Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport" title="Belfast International Airport">Belfast International Airport</a> directly.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Ulsterbus</a> runs joint services with <a href="/wiki/Bus_%C3%89ireann" title="Bus Éireann">Bus Éireann</a> for its direct express service to <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Airport" title="Dublin Airport">Dublin Airport</a>, with <a href="/wiki/National_Express_Coaches" title="National Express Coaches">National Express</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dumfries" title="Dumfries">Dumfries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carlisle" title="Carlisle">Carlisle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Manchester" title="Manchester">Manchester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a> and <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Citylink" title="Scottish Citylink">Citylink</a> to <a href="/wiki/Glasgow" title="Glasgow">Glasgow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Europa Buscentre closed permanently on 7 September 2024,<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with bus services immediately transferring to Belfast Grand Central Station, commencing with a service to <a href="/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport" title="Belfast International Airport">Belfast International Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> at 5 a.m on 8 September 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="vertical-align: middle; width: 30%; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-left: none; border-bottom: none;">Preceding station </th> <th style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">  </th> <th style="vertical-align: middle; border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Ulsterbus</a> </th> <th style="border: none; border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">  </th> <th style="vertical-align: middle; width: 30%; border: 1px solid #aaa; border-right: none; border-bottom: none;">Following station </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Newry" title="Newry">Newry Buscentre</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Goldline</a><br /><small>Belfast-Dublin (Route X1)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#DC143C; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Bus_%C3%89ireann" title="Bus Éireann">Bus Éireann</a><br /><small>Dublin-Belfast (Route X1)</small> </td> <td style="background:#DC143C; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Airport" title="Dublin Airport">Dublin Airport</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Goldline</a><br /><small>Belfast-Dublin (Route X2)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#DC143C; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Bus_%C3%89ireann" title="Bus Éireann">Bus Éireann</a><br /><small>Dublin-Belfast (Route X2)</small> </td> <td style="background:#DC143C; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Toome" title="Toome">Toomebridge By-Pass</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Goldline</a><br /><small>Belfast-Derry (Route 212)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide_Street_(Belfast)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adelaide Street (Belfast) (page does not exist)">Adelaide Street</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Goldline</a><br /><small>Belfast-Downpatrick (Route 215)<br />Belfast-Newcastle (Route 237)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ballynahinch,_County_Down" title="Ballynahinch, County Down">Ballynahinch</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Goldline</a><br /><small>Belfast-Newcastle (Route 237A)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_High_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belfast High Street (page does not exist)">Belfast High Street</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Goldline</a><br /><small>Belfast-Ballymena-Coleraine (Route 218)<br />Belfast-Ballymena-Coleraine (Route 219)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ballymena_railway_station" title="Ballymena railway station">Ballymena Railway Station</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Goldline</a><br /><small>Belfast-Giant's Causeway (Route 221)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Portadown" title="Portadown">Portadown Market Street</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Goldline</a><br /><small>Belfast-Armagh/Monaghan (Route 251)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Dungannon" title="Dungannon">Dungannon Bus Station</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Goldline</a><br /><small>Belfast-Enniskillen (Route 261)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  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href="/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport" title="Belfast International Airport">Belfast International Airport</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Airport Express</a><br /><small>Airport Express (Route 300)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/George_Best_Belfast_City_Airport" title="George Best Belfast City Airport">Belfast City Airport</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Airport Express</a><br /><small>Airport Express (Route 600)</small> </td> <td style="background:#FFD700; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Stranraer" title="Stranraer">Stranraer Ferry Terminal</a><br /><small>via <a href="/wiki/Stena_Line" title="Stena Line">Stena Line</a></small> </td> <td style="background:#333399; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Eurolines" title="Eurolines">Eurolines</a><br /><small>Belfast-London</small> </td> <td style="background:#333399; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="2" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align:center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 0px none; border-top: 1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">Terminus </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#333399; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td> <td rowspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; border-left: 1px #aaa solid; border-right: 1px #aaa solid; border-top:solid 1px #aaa; border-bottom:0px none;"><a href="/wiki/Eurolines" title="Eurolines">Eurolines</a><br /><small>Belfast-Edinburgh</small> </td> <td style="background:#333399; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;">  </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 207.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 205.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gt_Victoria_Street_station,_Belfast_(2)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1087085.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View in 1975 with the Enterprise to Dublin Connolly."><img alt="View in 1975 with the Enterprise to Dublin Connolly." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1087085.jpg/308px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1087085.jpg" decoding="async" width="206" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1087085.jpg/462px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1087085.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1087085.jpg/616px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%282%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1087085.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="374" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View in 1975 with the <a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Enterprise (train)">Enterprise</a> to <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Connolly" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin Connolly">Dublin Connolly</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 209.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 207.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gt_Victoria_Street_bus_station,_Belfast_(1)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1478992.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of the former GNR railway station when used by Ulsterbus in 1988."><img alt="View of the former GNR railway station when used by Ulsterbus in 1988." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Gt_Victoria_Street_bus_station%2C_Belfast_%281%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1478992.jpg/311px-Gt_Victoria_Street_bus_station%2C_Belfast_%281%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1478992.jpg" decoding="async" width="208" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Gt_Victoria_Street_bus_station%2C_Belfast_%281%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1478992.jpg/466px-Gt_Victoria_Street_bus_station%2C_Belfast_%281%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1478992.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Gt_Victoria_Street_bus_station%2C_Belfast_%281%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1478992.jpg/621px-Gt_Victoria_Street_bus_station%2C_Belfast_%281%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1478992.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="371" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View of the former <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Northern Railway of Ireland">GNR</a> railway station when used by <a href="/wiki/Ulsterbus" title="Ulsterbus">Ulsterbus</a> in 1988.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 192px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gt_Victoria_Street_station,_Belfast_(3)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177924.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The closed station being rebuilt in 1995 for NIR services bar the Enterprise."><img alt="The closed station being rebuilt in 1995 for NIR services bar the Enterprise." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%283%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177924.jpg/285px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%283%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177924.jpg" decoding="async" width="190" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%283%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177924.jpg/428px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%283%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177924.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%283%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177924.jpg/571px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%283%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177924.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="404" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The closed station being rebuilt in 1995 for <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland Railways">NIR</a> services bar the <a href="/wiki/Enterprise_(train)" class="mw-redirect" title="Enterprise (train)">Enterprise</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 183.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 181.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_in_1995.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of platforms in 1995."><img alt="View of platforms in 1995." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_in_1995.jpg/272px-Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_in_1995.jpg" decoding="async" width="182" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_in_1995.jpg/408px-Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_in_1995.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_in_1995.jpg/544px-Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station_in_1995.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="424" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View of platforms in 1995.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Platforms 2 and 3 at Great Victoria Street in August 2007."><img alt="Platforms 2 and 3 at Great Victoria Street in August 2007." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street.jpg/240px-Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street.jpg/360px-Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street.jpg/480px-Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Platforms 2 and 3 at Great Victoria Street in August 2007.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 238px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 236px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gt_Victoria_Street_station,_Belfast_(9)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223181.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="NIR service in 2011 on the Derry~Londonderry railway line."><img alt="NIR service in 2011 on the Derry~Londonderry railway line." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%289%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223181.jpg/354px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%289%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223181.jpg" decoding="async" width="236" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%289%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223181.jpg/531px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%289%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223181.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%289%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223181.jpg/707px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%289%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223181.jpg 2x" data-file-width="799" data-file-height="407" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Railways" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Ireland Railways">NIR</a> service in 2011 on the Derry~Londonderry railway line.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 242px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 240px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gt_Victoria_Street_station,_Belfast_(10)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223198.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The permanent way down the platforms in 2011."><img alt="The permanent way down the platforms in 2011." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%2810%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223198.jpg/360px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%2810%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223198.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%2810%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223198.jpg/540px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%2810%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223198.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%2810%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223198.jpg/720px-Gt_Victoria_Street_station%2C_Belfast_%2810%29_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2223198.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Permanent_way" class="mw-redirect" title="Permanent way">permanent way</a> down the platforms in 2011.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Belfast_Great_Victoria_Street_railway_station&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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