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Botanic railway station serves the Botanic area in south
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, Northern Ireland and students for Queen's University Belfast; it is also near Shaftesbury Square which is along Botanic Avenue. It is named after the nearby Belfast Botanic Gardens. It is one of the four stations located in the city centre, the others being City Hospital, Great Victoria Street, and . The station opened on 26 April 1976 and is very close to City Hospital StationNorthern Ireland Railways Public Timetable effective April 26, 1976 Passengers can alight here for the
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, which is situated on the edge of Botanic Gardens.


Service

On Mondays to Saturdays, there is a half-hourly service towards and Bangor, or and on Bangor/Portadown Line services, with extra trains at peak times. There is also a half-hourly Larne Line service to in one direction, or and in the other, with extra services to at peak times. Londonderry Line services call hourly at Botanic, operating to in one direction, and or in the other. On Sundays, the Bangor, Portadown and Larne Line services all reduce to hourly operation. Derry Line services reduce to two-hourly operation. The timetable allows 3 minutes for the trains to travel between and Botanic. At one point, the cross border
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served Botanic, but no longer stops at the station.


Botanic Gardens

The Botanic Gardens are a short walk away from the station. *
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Botanic Railway Station Railway stations in Belfast Railway stations opened in 1976 Railway stations opened by NI Railways Railway stations served by NI Railways 1976 establishments in Northern Ireland