Adelaide railway station (Northern Ireland)

Adelaide railway station is located in the townland of Malone Lower in south Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is located just off the Lisburn Road and close to many Queen's University students' houses.

Adelaide
NIR Class 3000 train at Adelaide in 2009
General information
Location	Belfast Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54.5784°N 5.9550°W / 54.5784; -5.9550
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	1897
Key dates
1 November 1897	Opened as Adelaide and Windsor
1935	Renamed to Adelaide
2008	Refurbished
Services
Preceding station   Northern Ireland Railways   Following station Great Victoria Street   Belfast-Newry   Balmoral
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Location
Adelaide Location within Northern Ireland

The station was opened by the Great Northern Railway of Ireland on 1 November 1897 and was originally called Adelaide and Windsor. It was renamed Adelaide in 1935. It became an unstaffed halt in October 1996.

The station also serves the nearby Windsor Park stadium, which is the current home of the Northern Ireland national football team.

Beside Adelaide Station there are extensive yard facilities and these used to be packed with cement, container, beer and fertiliser trains. Freight north of the border ended in the late 1990s and the yard has lain empty since. When the 80 Class units were withdrawn from service in 2005 they came to Adelaide to be stored. The yard has been developed into a new DMU depot for the Class 4000 trains recently introduced by Northern Ireland Railways.