Go Service Station, Great Victoria Street

at , Belfast , BT2 7 United Kingdom

1. Other
2. Local Business

<p><b>Belfast Great Victoria Street</b> is a major railway station serving the <a href="/pages/w/107794695909682">city centre</a> of <a href="/pages/w/109312942421526">Belfast</a>, <a href="/pages/w/103115603062569">Northern Ireland</a>. It is one of two major stations in the city, along with, and is one of the four stations located in the city centre, the others being Belfast Central, and. It is near <a href="/pages/w/487936774577562">Great Victoria Street</a>, one of Belfast's premier commercial zones, and <a href="/pages/w/138137719540093">Sandy Row</a>. It is in a more central position than Belfast Central, with the Europa Hotel, <a href="/pages/w/106037982761037">Grand Opera House</a> and <a href="/pages/w/133076680065054">The Crown Liquor Saloon</a> all nearby.</p><h2>History</h2><p>The station is on the site of a former <a href="/pages/w/113957155281529">linen</a> mill, beside where Durham Street crossed the <a href="/pages/w/178734642190959">Blackstaff River</a> at the Saltwater (now Boyne) Bridge.</p><p>The <a href="/pages/w/135131579853831">Ulster Railway</a> opened the first station on. A terminal building, probably designed by Ulster Railway engineer John Godwin, was completed in 1848. Godwin later founded the School of Civil Engineering at <a href="/pages/w/116370065040304">Queen's College</a>.</p><p>The station was Belfast's first railway terminus, and as such was called just "Belfast" until 1852. By then two other railway companies had opened termini in Belfast, so the Ulster Railway renamed its terminus "Belfast Victoria Street" for clarity. 1852 was also the year that the <a href="/pages/w/119969048049492">Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway</a> was completed, making Victoria Street the terminus for one of the most important main lines on the island of <a href="/pages/w/1454186178172239">Ireland</a>. The Ulster Railway had added a new station building in 1848, and changed the station name again to "Great Victoria Street" in 1856.</p>

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Go Service Station, Great Victoria Street is Belfast based place and this enity listed in Other category. BT2 7.