page_title: Marino railway station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Marino railway station / History
caption_attribution_description: Marino railway station Original description: Marino station See J4079&#160;: Marino station, Northern Ireland Railways. In 1983 Marino station was a particularly unkempt place. NIR was in another of its periods of shortage of rolling stock and (as seen here) used locomotives and coaches, acquired for the Dublin “Enterprise” serviceJ2664&#160;: Bygone days at Lisburn station (2) on stopping suburban trains. This is the 10.00 Bangor – Portadown.
context_page_description: Marino railway station is a railway station in the townland of Ballycultra in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland.
context_section_description: The Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway opened Marino station on 1 December 1870 on land once inhabited by Benedictine monks.
  Due to low passenger numbers, the Ulster Transport Authority closed the station on 11 November 1957. However, under public pressure the UTA reopened it on 4 January 1960.
  Translink had the station refurbished in 2008.
caption: A NIR 101 Class diesel locomotive hauls a passenger train into Marino station in 1983
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