Belfast–Bangor railway line

Bangor Line
NI Railways Class 3000 approaching Seahill.
Overview
Type	Commuter rail Regional rail Heavy rail
System	NI Railways
Status	Operational
Locale	Northern Ireland
Termini	Belfast Great Victoria Street Bangor
Stations	14
Services	Belfast-Bangor Portadown-Bangor Lisburn-Bangor (peak only)
Operation
Operator(s)	NI Railways
Rolling stock	Class 3000 "C3K" Class 4000 "C4K"
Technical
No. of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
Electrification	Un-electrified
Operating speed
Route number	NIR Service 1

Belfast to Bangor Line
Legend Bangor Bangor West Carnalea Crawfordsburn Helen's Bay Seahill Craigavad Cultra (former) Cultra Marino Holywood Tillysburn Sydenham (for Belfast City Airport) Ballymacarrett Belfast Queen's Quay Titanic Quarter (Bridge End) Belfast-Larne Line Belfast-Derry Line River Lagan Belfast Central Botanic City Hospital Belfast Great Victoria Street Belfast-Dublin Line

The Belfast to Bangor line (known simply as the Bangor line by NI Railways) is a railway line in Northern Ireland, originally part of the Belfast & County Down Railway. All services are operated by NI Railways, the only operator for Northern Ireland (NI). Unlike the rest of the United Kingdom, no railway in NI is part of the National Rail network and none is owned by Network Rail. Services run every half hour, with extra services at peak times.

Nearly all NIR services on this line continue on through Great Victoria Street and terminate at Portadown or Newry, stopping at stations in between. Trains usually run between Portadown and Bangor.

Rail Air Link

The Belfast-Bangor Line is part of the key link into Belfast city centre. Trains run from Belfast Great Victoria Street to Sydenham for planes from George Best Belfast City Airport.

Museum Rail Access

The Bangor Line serves important museums including the Ulster Museum where passengers can alight at Botanic and for the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum alight at Cultra.

The Odyssey & Titanic Quarter

Passengers can alight at Titanic Quarter station for the Odyssey Arena and the Titanic Quarter.