Belfast Great Victoria Street station is a terminus station with 4 platforms.

General view of station from behind buffer stops.

Class 3000 three car unit 3012 arrives at Belfast Great Victoria Station

with the 08.24 arrival from Portrush

on 9 June 2011.

This class was introduced in December 2004,

and, up to February this year, there had only been 11 occasions

when a unit has failed and been unable to move.

Class 3000 unit 3015 slows into Belfast Great Victoria Station

on 9 June 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With Belfast City in the skyline, two class 3000 units stand,

awaiting their next turn of duty, at Belfast Great Victoria Station

on 9 June 2011

Class 3000, unit 3005, negotiates the pointwork to gain access to platform 1

at Belfast Great Victoria Station

on 10 June 2011.

Class 3000, unit 3020, rolls into Antrim Station on 11 June 2011

with a Belfast-bound service.

A member of the platform staff chats with the guard awaiting departure time.

Unit 3020 is in charge of a Belfast-bound service on 11 June 2011.

The out-of-use signal box at Antrim Station

Class 3000, unit 3020, departs Antrim with a Belfast service

on 11 June 2011.

Class 3000 unit heads away from Antrim station on 11 June 2011.

The line, branching off to the right of the picture,

is the mothballed branch to Templepatrick.

The siding on the left is used by PW department,

some wagons being noted to the right of the unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The attractive station building including waiting room,

at Antrim Station.

The rather run-down ticket office at Antrim Station,

which hopefully will be replaced

when major planned refurbishment is undertaken.

General view of Antrim Station taken from the road crossing.

View of mothballed branch platform at Antrim.

Note the good condition of the platform,

and even the white platform-edge lines are painted !!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 3000, unit 3021, hurries towards Antrim

with a service to Belfast Great Victoria Station

on 11 June 2011.

Class 3000 unit, 30231, awaits departure from Antrim

on 11 June 2011.

Poster board at Antrim Station.

Class 3000 unit 3010 awaits departure from Antrim

with the 11:46 service to Londonderry (arr. 13:25)

on 11 June 2011.

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View of Antrim station from footbridge with class 3000, unit 3010,

departing with a Londonderry service.

At each end of Antrim Station, the main running lines merge to a single section.

Unit 3010 is pictured crossing onto the single section bound for Londonderry.

The attractive listed main entrance to Antrim Station

The futuristic Train Care depot at Fortwilliam Belfast

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside view of the four-road Train Care depot Fortwilliam Belfast.

Front view of one of the brand new class 4000 units, 4003 .

Built by CAF, the first few units have arrived in Ireland,

and are currently undergoing rigorous testing, prior to rostering on public services.

The first unit could be ready for public use from September 2011.

The units are expected to replace the nine 450-class /80-class sets

currently working the Larne line.

(Note RVR Vice-Chairman at the controls)

Internal view of the new class 4000 unit, still in its wrapping paper !!!.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Driver's eye-view of control panel in unit 4003

View down Train Care depot Fortwilliam Belfast.

The 3000 class units are also serviced here.

Cab fleet number plates unit 4003.

Class 4000, unit 4002

Two front ends, 4002 & 4003

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View into Train Care depot, with unit 4003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Driver's view from unit 4003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very relaxed trainee driver !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Castle class 450, 8785 Galgorm Castle ,

stands awaiting departure from Belfast Great Victoria Station on 12 June 2011.

This class of DMU was built by BREL at Derby works, using underframes from condemned mark 1 coaches,

and with engines from former class 70 units.

Their English Electric engines give them a top speed of 70mph.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 450, 8785 Galgorm Castle

Close up of the cast nameplate 8785 Galgorm Castle

Class 3000, 3019, rolls into platform 2 at Belfast Great Victoria Station,

with a busy early morning commuter service on 12 June 2011.

A busy period at Belfast Great Victoria Station,

with two class 3000 units and a class 450 in view,

both having worked morning commuter trains into the station

on 12 June 2011.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class 3000 units, 3005 and 3019, unload at Belfast Great Victoria Station

on 12 June 2011.

Class 3000 unit, 3005, stands at Belfast Central Station

with the 09:42 service to Larne Harbour

on 12 June 2011.

Class 3000, unit 3005, departs the modern Belfast Central Station

on 12 June 2011.

A Castle Class 450, 8458 Antrim Castle,

awaits its next turn of duty at Belfast Central

on 12 June 2011.

An external view of the rather architecturally uninspiring building

that is Belfast Central Station.

 

 

 

 

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