Whiteabbey Railway Station

Whiteabbey Station is basically just a little halt on the Larne to Belfast line. I would never usually have had much dealings with it, apart from when I was a student at Newtownabbey Tech, a number of years ago.
I have various ‘happy’ memories of trudging in the rain up the road to the college from this station, and even happier memories of the days when we ‘forgot’ to get off at Whiteabbey, and continued on up to Belfast for a day of procrastination.
The platforms have decent sized shelters and benches on both sides, with flights of steps on either side leading up to the walkways to enter/​access the platforms.
There is also a good sized car park for commuters to use, should they not wish to drive all the way into the city centre.
There is no ticket booths here, nor have I ever seen a conductor, so it’s just a case of hopping on and purchasing your ticket on the train, should you not already have one.

Whiteabbey Train Station was opened in 1848 and has recently been renovated and now includes a great new parking space. This means it’s much handier for those who avail of the park and ride service. The parking facility here was minimal before this rebuild but it seems a lot more secure and safe now which will keep many drivers at east. The platform itself isn’t up to much, it’s pretty basic but that’s all you need. It is great having the train station in the area as there’s no other stop between Whiteabbey and Belfast. From Mondays to Saturdays on the Larne line there is a half-​hourly service towards Carrick with one train an hour continuing to Larne and a half-​hourly service to Belfast Central. One thing that baffles me is that the train doesn’t stop here on the way to Derry. I used to get this train every week up to Coleraine university and had to travel to Mossley West (see review) even through the train passes through this station. Platform 1 takes you in to Belfast and Platform 2 takes you to CArrickfergus /​Larne. Check translink website or call for train times and more info.