Cultra
Cultra railway station
General information
Location	Cultra (Holywood) Northern Ireland
Coordinates	54°39′08″N5°48′18″W / 54.6523°N 5.8050°W /54.6523; -5.8050
Owned by	NI Railways
Operated by	NI Railways
Line	Bangor
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
May 1865[1]	Opened
11 November 1957[2]	Closed
1978	Re-opened
2008	Refurbished
Passengers
2022/23	60,665[3]
2023/24	73,667[4]
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Cultra railway station is arailway station in thetownland of Ballycultra inHolywood,County Down, Northern Ireland. It serves theCultra residential area and theUlster Folk and Transport Museum.

TheBelfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway was authorised by Act of Parliament on 12 June 1861 and opened in May 1865.^[1] The BH&BR crossed the land of some wealthy landowners, whose terms included that Cultra station must be"of an ornamental character" and that"at least One Half of the Trains" must call there, or else the company would be penalised £10 per day.^[1]

The BH&BR was originally single track and the only passing loop was atCraigavad,^[1] so Cultra station would have had only one platform. However, theBelfast and County Down Railway took over the BH&BR in 1884 and doubled the track between 1897 and 1902,^[5] from which time Cultra has had two platforms. In deference to Cultra's wealthy residents the footbridge between the platforms had a roof, the only bridge so equipped on the B&CDR network.^[1]

Cultra station features in the documentary filmA Letter from Ulster (1942); the narrator incorrectly describes the station asColeraine.^[6][7]

Due to low passenger numbers, theUlster Transport Authority closed the station on 11 November 1957.^[2] However, subsequently the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum was established at Cultra.Northern Ireland Railways reopened the station in 1978,^{[citation needed]} primarily to serve the museum.

Mondays to Saturdays there is a half-hourly service westbound toBelfast Grand Central in one direction, and eastbound toBangor in the other. More frequent trains run at peak times, and the service reduces to hourly in the evenings.

Some peak-hour trains pass through Cultra station without stopping.

On Sundays there is an hourly service in each direction.

• Patterson, E.M. (1982) [1958].Belfast and County Down Railway. Newton Abbott:David & Charles. pp. 8, 41.ISBN 071538306X.

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• Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1978
• Reopened railway stations in Northern Ireland
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