Queen Elizabeth II, with the Duke of Edinburgh and invited guests, travelled from Coleraine to Bellarena to open the the new station at the latter on 28th June 2016. No.85 "Merlin" and 5 of the RPSI's Mk2 carriages made up the train. Thanks to the UFTM, No.85 "Merlin" carried the headboard/regalia from royal train of 1903, which ran from Dublin to Newtownards carrying King Edward VII.
