Civic Trust heritage award for the restored and modernised Lisburn Railway Station.
Northern Ireland Railways planned to knock down and replace the 95 year old Lisburn train station as part of commuter development in south Belfast. Architects thought differently, and restoration was approved.
During the restoration, brick and stone were cleaned, and Victorian ironwork was repaired and repainted. Buildings were reorganised and rearranged without damaging the station's character. The London based Civic Trust has recognised this effort to retain past heritage while modernising for the future.
Lisburn Railway Station is the only Northern Ireland building of historical and architectural interest to have been granted one of the Civic Trust's 285 Heritage Year Awards.
Now the work is finished, the Civic Trust says,
The station is convenient, efficient and attractive and has retained its 1880 Great Northern character.
From the autumn of 1975, the Derry train will be calling at Lisburn Railway Station on the way to Belfast Central Station. There are plans for Lisburn to replace Portadown as the connecting junction for Dublin.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 23 June 1975.
