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RISE was commissioned by Belfast City Council [1] and built in 2011 [7] as part of a multimillion-pound road improvement programme. [8] It now sits atop of the A12 Westlink Underpass (a grade-separated junction) where, according to a 2009 Northern Ireland Assembly report, sees approximately 80,000 cars on average flow past it each day.
Belfast City Centre is the central business district of Belfast, Northern Ireland.. The city centre was originally centred on the Donegall Street area. Donegall Street is now mainly a business area, but with expanding residential and entertainment development as part of the Cathedral Quarter scheme - St. Anne's, Belfast's Anglican cathedral is located here.
Bridge End (as it was known when it opened on Monday 9 May 1977) replaced the nearby Ballymacarrett station (opened 1 May 1905 and closed on Monday 9 May 1977). [3] The platforms of this station can still be seen from passing trains, as can the platforms for Victoria Park, another station before Sydenham which closed in the late 1980s.
An often forgotten corner of Belfast city centre is due to be transformed with the opening of the new Grand Central Station. The £200 million transport hub, set to be the largest on the island of ...
Construction was carried out by F. B. McKee & Co. between 1936 and 1938, [1] [8] in what was at the time a deprived area of the city. [ 2 ] The construction made use of high-end, luxurious materials, and according to Marie McHugh (1990), the arcade was not initially successful due to the high rent of shop units.
Belfast Lanyon Place (formerly Belfast Central) is a railway station serving the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Located on East Bridge Street in the Laganside area of central Belfast, it is one of four stations in the city centre, the others being City Hospital , Botanic , and Belfast Grand Central .
Smithfield and Union contains many of Belfast's major historic sites including Clifton Street's historic cemetery which contains two of the largest famine graves in Ireland as well as being the final resting place of Henry Joy McCracken who was one of the main leaders of the United Irishmen's rebellion of 1798. William Drennan who created the ...
Stranmillis (from Irish an Sruthán Milis) is an area in south Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is also an electoral ward for Belfast City Council, part of the Laganbank district electoral area. [1] As part of the Queen's Quarter, it is the location for prominent attractions such as the Ulster Museum and Botanic Gardens.