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Whitehead railway station serves Whitehead in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The station has two platforms with a waiting room on each and the station is signalled in both directions and remains manned during commuter hours by a Senior Porter, who luckily for the commuters is a fully trained signalman, capable of fixing points and signalling issues when they arise. Previously the line was double towards Belfast and Whitehead was where the track narrowed to the single track section to Larne. However, in the 1990s the up line was removed from here to Kilroot due to safety reasons, leaving the line Whitehead station as a passing loop. Whitehead actually comprises two stations, thanks to its history as a railway excursion town. The through station is still part of the Northern Ireland Railways network, whilst the terminus Whitehead Excursion Station is the headquarters of the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland. Whitehead station was originally opened on 1 May 1863 and the Whitehead Excursion Platform was opened on 10 July 1907. The present station was opened in 1877 and is the third station to serve the town. It has been modernised, but unlike many stations on the NIR network still retains much of its Victorian character.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Railscot - Irish Railways )〕 ==Service== On Mondays to Fridays, there is a half-hourly service from . These trains alternate every half an hour between terminating here at Whitehead, and continuing on to . In the other direction, there is a half-hourly service to , with the trains alternating between being through services from Larne, or starting at Whitehead. On Saturdays, the service still runs half-hourly in the same alternating manner, but with less peak trains. On Sundays, the service reduces to hourly operation in each direction. Services alternate each hour between terminating here, and continuing on to . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Whitehead railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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