University railway station (Northern Ireland)

Location
	University Location within Northern Ireland

University
University
	NIR Class 80 train at University station in 1979
General information
Location	Coleraine; Northern Ireland
Coordinates	55°09′02″N 6°40′06″W / 55.15056°N 6.66833°W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1968	Station opened
Passengers
2022/23	108,396
2023/24	121,621
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;
Location
Location
	University Location within Northern Ireland

University is a halt serving the University of Ulster at Coleraine in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is within the townland of Ballysally in the north of Coleraine.

It is a single line halt on the Coleraine-Portrush railway line with a single platform and shelter and is unstaffed.

The halt is often extremely busy, given its proximity to the university. Portrush has a large number of students living in it and many of them use the train as transport. It is also used by many passengers to connect to the mainline station at Coleraine for onward journeys to Derry and Belfast.^{[citation needed]}

It was opened on 12 June 1968.^[3]^[4]

Service

Monday to Friday, first two trains from Portrush are through trains to Great Victoria Street then the rest of the day an hourly service operates to Coleraine and Portrush.

On Saturdays, the first train from Portrush is a through train to Great Victoria Street, then the rest of the day an hourly service operates to Coleraine and Portrush.

On Sunday, there is an hourly service to Portrush and Coleraine, with the service extending to Great Victoria Street every two hours.

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways		Following station
Coleraine		Northern Ireland Railways Coleraine-Portrush		Dhu Varren

References

^ "FOI1317 NIR Footfall 2223.xlsx". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ "FOI Footfall 2023 2024 figures PDF.pdf". www.whatdotheyknow.com. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
^ "University station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
^ Rowledge, J. W. P. (1995). A regional history of railways, vol. 16 – Ireland. Penryn: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-906899-63-X.