Thursday, November 15, 2007

Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station
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Belfast Great Victoria Street serves the city centre of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The station is the second major station in the city, after Belfast Central.
Ironically, it is in a more central position than Belfast Central. The Europa Hotel, Grand Opera House and Crown Liquor Saloon are all nearby.
The first station, named Belfast, was opened on 12 August 1839. Victoria Street was added to its name in 1852, and finally the Great prefix was added in 1856. This was the first railway terminus to be built in Belfast and it became an important station for the city. A new station building was constructed in 1848. The station then served as the main terminus for Belfast, which included acting as the Belfast terminus of the Enterprise. This lasted until 1976 when the station was closed and all services were moved to Belfast Central, which opened that same year. The Europa Hotel now stands on the site of the old station building. The current Great Victoria Street Station is located just yards away from the previous one. It was opened in September 1995 and has proved very popular with passengers. Great Victoria Street has now reclaimed its title as one of the most important stations in Belfast.
Great Victoria Street is at the nexus of the suburban rail network in Northern Ireland, with the lines to Newry, Derry, Bangor and Larne all terminating there.

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