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Location
	Whitehead Location within Northern Ireland Whitehead Location on the island of Ireland

Route map
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Belfast-Dublin line
	to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly
	Belfast–Bangor railway line
	to Sydenham, Holywood, Bangor
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	to Ballymena, Coleraine, Derry~Londonderry
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	via Monkstown
	Harbour branch line
	to Carrickfergus Harbour
	Whitehead Excursion
	RPSI depot
	Ballymena and Larne Railway
	to Kilwaughter, Kells, Ballymena
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Whitehead
Whitehead
	Two NIR Class 450 trains at Whitehead.
General information
Location	Whitehead; Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°45′10″N 5°42′34″W / 54.75278°N 5.70944°W
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line(s)	Larne
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1863	Station opened
2008	Station refurbished
Passengers
2022/23	238,056
2023/24	300,203
	NI Railways; Translink; NI railway stations;
Route map
Route map
	Legend
	Year
	closed
	Belfast-Dublin line
	to Portadown, Newry, Dublin Connolly
	Belfast–Bangor railway line
	to Sydenham, Holywood, Bangor
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	to Ballymena, Coleraine, Derry~Londonderry
	Belfast–Derry railway line
	via Monkstown
	Harbour branch line
	to Carrickfergus Harbour
	Whitehead Excursion
	RPSI depot
	Ballymena and Larne Railway
	to Kilwaughter, Kells, Ballymena
	This diagram: view; talk; edit;
Location
Location
	Whitehead Location within Northern Ireland Whitehead Location on the island of Ireland

Whitehead railway station serves Whitehead in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

The station has two platforms with a waiting room on each and the station is signalled in both directions and remains staffed during commuter hours by a Senior Porter, a fully trained signalman, capable of fixing points and signalling issues when they arise.

Previously the line was double towards Belfast and Whitehead was where the track narrowed to the single track section to Larne. However, in the 1990s the up line was removed from here to Kilroot due to safety reasons, leaving the line at Whitehead Station as a passing loop.

Whitehead actually comprises two stations, due to its history as a railway excursion town. The through station is still part of the Northern Ireland Railways network, whilst the terminus Whitehead Excursion Station is the headquarters of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland.

Whitehead station was originally opened on 1 May 1863 and the Whitehead Excursion Platform was opened on 10 July 1907. The present station was opened in 1877 and is the third station to serve the town. It has been modernised, but unlike many stations on the NIR network still retains much of its Victorian character.^[3]

Service

On Mondays to Fridays, there is a half-hourly service from Belfast Grand Central. These trains alternate every half an hour between terminating here at Whitehead, and continuing on to Larne Harbour. In the other direction, there is a half-hourly service to Belfast Grand Central, with the trains alternating between being through services from Larne, or starting at Whitehead.

On Saturdays, the service still runs half-hourly in the same alternating manner, but with less peak trains.

On Sundays, the service reduces to hourly operation in each direction. Services alternate each hour between terminating here, and continuing on to Larne Harbour.^[4]

Preceding station		Northern Ireland Railways	Following station
Downshire		Northern Ireland Railways Belfast-Larne Line	Terminus or Ballycarry
	Historical railways
Kilroot Line open, station closed		Northern Counties Committee Belfast-Larne	Ballycarry Line and station open

Incidents

On 26 September 2008, part of the platform collapsed, blocking the Larne bound line. It is not clear whether this was a result of the recent construction work which had been carried out at this station,.^[5] according to NI Railways nobody was hurt in the incident.

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.
^ "Whitehead (Antrim)" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
^ "Larne Line NIRailways / Larne Line". translink.co.uk. 13 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Platform collapse delaying trains". BBC News. 26 September 2008.