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===Rail===
Railway lines are run by [[NI Railways]] (NIR). Belfast to Bangor and Belfast to Lisburn are strategically the most important routes on the network with the greatest number of passengers and largest profit margins. The [[Belfast-Derry railway line]] connecting [[Derry ~ Londonderry railway station|Derry~Londonderry railway station]], via [[Coleraine railway station|Coleraine]], [[Ballymoney railway station|Ballymoney]], [[Ballymena railway station|Ballymena]] and [[Antrim railway station|Antrim]], with [[Lanyon Place railway station|Lanyon Place]] and [[Belfast Grand Central station|Belfast Grand Central]] is a noted scenic route. Belfast is also connected with [[Carrickfergus railway station|Carrickfergus]] and [[Larne Harbour railway station|Larne Harbour]], [[Portadown railway station|Portadown]], [[Newry railway station|Newry]] and onwards, via the [[Enterprise (train service)|Enterprise]] service jointly operated by NIR and [[Iarnród Éireann]], to [[Dublin Connolly]].

The main railway lines linking to and from Belfast Grand Central and Belfast Lanyon Place are:
*The Derry Line and the Portrush Branch
*The Larne Line
*The Bangor Line
*The [[Portadown railway station|Portadown]] Line

Only five Irish counties, all in Southern and Western Ulster, currently have no mainline railway. The historic [[Great Northern Railway of Ireland]] connected them. They are Cavan, Monaghan, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Donegal. A plan to re-link [[Sligo]] and Derry through Donegal has been postponed until at least 2030.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.derrydaily.net/2013/09/16/derry-sligo-train-link-railed-out/|title=DERRY-SLIGO TRAIN LINK "RAILED OUT" {{!}} Derry Daily|date=16 September 2013|access-date=26 August 2016|archive-date=8 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208141640/http://www.derrydaily.net/2013/09/16/derry-sligo-train-link-railed-out/|url-status=live}}</ref>