Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station
| General information | |||||||
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| Location | 10 Glengall St, Belfast, County Antrim, BT12 5AH Northern Ireland | ||||||
| Coordinates | 54°35′39″N 5°56′10″W / 54.5942°N 5.9362°W | ||||||
| Owned by | Translink (Northern Ireland) | ||||||
| Operated by | NI Railways, Ulsterbus | ||||||
| Line(s) | Belfast-Newry line (1) Belfast-Bangor line (1) Belfast-Larne line (2) Belfast-Derry line (3) | ||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||
| Train operators | NI Railways | ||||||
| Bus stands | 18 | ||||||
| Bus operators | Ulsterbus, Metro, Goldline | ||||||
| Construction | |||||||
| Structure type | At-grade, platforms demolished | ||||||
| Parking | Great Northern Car Park (To the right of the station) 535 spaces 9 Handicap Spaces | ||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Previous names | Belfast (1839-1852) Belfast Victoria Street (1852-1856) | ||||||
| Original company | Ulster Railway | ||||||
| Post-grouping | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) | ||||||
| Key dates | |||||||
| 12 August 1839 | First station opened | ||||||
| 13 November 1848 | First terminus completed | ||||||
| November 1968 | Terminus largely demolished | ||||||
| 24 April 1976 | First station closed | ||||||
| 30 September 1995 | Second station opened | ||||||
| 10 May 2024 | Second station closed, to be replaced by Grand Central station | ||||||
| 7 September 2024 | Europa Buscentre closed, replaced by Grand Central station | ||||||
| 13 October 2024 | Grand Central opens with the first service departing at 8.05 to Dublin | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| 2015/16 | 4.380 million | ||||||
| 2016/17 | 4.716 million | ||||||
| 2017/18 | 5.031 million | ||||||
| 2018/19 | 5.348 million | ||||||
| 2019/20 | 5.077 million | ||||||
| 2020/21 | 811,049 | ||||||
| 2021/22 | 2.462 million | ||||||
| 2022/23 | 3.939 million | ||||||
| 2023/24 | 4.900 million | ||||||
| 2024/25 | 567,811 (Closed May 2024) | ||||||
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Great Victoria Street was a railway station that served the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was one of two main stations in the city, along with Lanyon Place, and was nearest to the city centre. The station was situated beside Great Victoria Street and shared a site with the Europa Buscentre, Belfast's former main bus station. The railway and bus stations were replaced by the adjacent Belfast Grand Central station with the official opening on 13 October 2024. 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 Dublin at 8:05 a.m. on 13 October 2024. Europa Buscentre closed permanently on 7 September 2024, with bus services immediately transferring to the new station, commencing with a service to Dublin at 5 a.m. on 8 September 2024.
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.