Station Platforms, Helen's Bay Railway Station, Helen's Bay, Bangor, Co Down, BT19 1TN

The platforms are aligned E-W on both sides of the double track Belfast-Bangor railway; the south one is ‘up’ and the north one the ‘down’. The platforms are faces with rubble blackstone, squared sandstone and bricks, each material reflecting various extensions and repairs. There are several flat-headed openings, possibly for points levers. Both platforms have also been raised in brick, edged with stone and cast concrete blocks. Their decks are paved with concrete tiles. However, their E ends are at their original levels and are gravelled. Part of the up platform is retained on its south side by a quarried blackstone wall, now leaning out and propped with timber trusts. The right-hand end of this wall is slightly advanced to accommodate the entrance from Clandeboye Avenue of a pedestrian tunnel under the line. This doorway has a semicircular head and is trimmed with concrete. On entry to the underpass, concrete stairs at right rise to the up platform. The soffit is of reinforced concrete and the walls are plastered and painted. At the north end of the tunnel, stairs at left lead up to the down platform. The tops of both staircases are enclosed by quarried blackstone walls, now heightened in concrete and with flat profiled metal roof over (glazed canopies originally). There is also a modern painted steel waiting shelter on each platform. Setting: Located adjacent to the Belfast-Bangor railway tracks in Helen's Bay close to the Clandeboye Avenue to the south of the listed railway station (HB23/15/039A) and east of the associated coach yard (HB23/15/039E) and railway bridge (HB23/15/039D). The former station master's house (HB23/15/039C) is located to the north with the related road bridge (HB23/15/039F) further to the north. Walling: brick/stone