Cultra Railway Station

Cultra railway station is a railway station in the townland of Ballycultra in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. It serves the Cultra residential area and the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. ServiceMondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound to, Belfast Great Victoria Street, or in one direction, and eastbound to Bangor in the other. More frequent trains run at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly in the evenings. Some peak-hour trains pass through Cultra station without stopping. On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. HistoryThe Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament on 12 June 1861 and opened in May 1865. The BH& BR crossed the land of some wealthy landowners, whose terms included that Cultra station must be "of an ornamental character" and that "at least One Half of the Trains" must call there, or else the company would be penalised £10 per day. The BH& BR was originally single track and the only passing loop was at, so Cultra station would have had only one platform. However, the Belfast and County Down Railway took over the BH& BR in 1884 and doubled the track between 1897 and 1902, from which time Cultra has had two platforms. In deference to Cultra's wealthy residents the footbridge between the platforms had a roof — the only bridge so equipped on the B& CDR network.

Cultra railway station is a railway station in the townland of Ballycultra in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. It serves the Cultra residential area and the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. ServiceMondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound to, Belfast Great Victoria Street, or in one direction, and eastbound to Bangor in the other. More frequent trains run at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly in the evenings. Some peak-hour trains pass through Cultra station without stopping. On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction. HistoryThe Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament on 12 June 1861 and opened in May 1865. The BH& BR crossed the land of some wealthy landowners, whose terms included that Cultra station must be "of an ornamental character" and that "at least One Half of the Trains" must call there, or else the company would be penalised £10 per day. The BH& BR was originally single track and the only passing loop was at, so Cultra station would have had only one platform. However, the Belfast and County Down Railway took over the BH& BR in 1884 and doubled the track between 1897 and 1902, from which time Cultra has had two platforms. In deference to Cultra's wealthy residents the footbridge between the platforms had a roof — the only bridge so equipped on the B& CDR network.