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,, and the under-construction Grand Central. The station opened on 26 April 1976 and is very close to City Hospital Station Passengers can alight here for the Ulster Museum, which is situated on the edge of Botanic Gardens.

Services

Train Services

On weekdays, there is a half-hourly service on the Bangor Line between Grand Central and, with extra trains at peak times. The DerryLondonderry Line operates an hourly service between Grand Central and, with additional trains to at peak times. The Larne Line operates a half-hourly service to and, with the terminus alternating between the two every half-hour. Extra trains operate to and at peak times. On Saturdays, service patterns remain largely similar except without any additional peak-time trains. On Sundays, the Bangor Line reduces to an hourly service. The DerryLondonderry Line alternates its outbound terminus every hour between and, resulting in a two-hourly service to stations beyond. The Larne Line also reduces to hourly but continues alternating the terminus between and, resulting in a two-hourly service to stations beyond Whitehead. The timetable allows 3 minutes for the trains to travel between and Botanic. At one point, the cross-border Enterprise service to Dublin Connolly served Botanic, but no longer stops at the station.

Bus Services

Belfast Metro's 7 services connect Botanic station to the City Centre, Four Winds, Laurelgrove, Braniel, and Stormont. Additionally, the 625 Ulsterbus service also stop near the station with runs from the City Centre to Ballynahinch and Carryduff. There are no ticket vending machines (TVMs) for bus tickets; passengers can either download the mLink app or pay directly on the bus.

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