Botanic railway station

Botanic railway station serves the Botanic area in south Belfast, 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 Central.The station opened on 4 November 1976 and is very close to City Hospital StationPassengers can alight here for the Ulster Museum, which is situated on the edge of Botanic Gardens.ServiceOn 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 Belfast Central and Botanic.