2011

J4288 : Railway bridge, Boneybefore, Carrickfergus

taken 13 years ago, near to Eden, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Railway bridge, Boneybefore, Carrickfergus
Railway bridge, Boneybefore, Carrickfergus
An underbridge at Boneybefore, dated 1926 (J4187 : Widened railway bridge, Carrickfergus (1) explains) across a path and drain running to the shore of Belfast Lough.
The Belfast - Larne railway

The line between Belfast York Road and Larne Harbour opened as far to Carrickfergus in 1848 and from Carrickfergus to Larne Harbour in 1862. There were stations at Belfast York Road (1848), Greencastle (1849/1916), Whitehouse (old station 1861/1906 replaced by a new station, further north 1906/1954), Whiteabbey (1848), Bleach Green 1934/1977), Jordanstown (by 1853), Trooperslane (by 1850), Mount (1925/72), Carrickfergus (old station 1848/62), Clipperstown (1925), Carrickfergus (1862), Barn (1925/77), Downshire (originally Downshire Park, 1925), Eden (1925/77), Kilroot (1862/77), Whitehead (first station 1863/64), Whitehead (second station 1864/77), Whitehead (1877), Whitehead Excursion (1907), Ballycarry (1862), Ballylig (now Magheramorne, 1862), Glynn (1864), Larne (1862/1974), Larne Town (new alignment, 1974) and Larne Harbour (1862).
York Road station closed in 1992, replaced by Yorkgate (on a different site) as part of the opening of the new cross-harbour line to Belfast Central.
The line between Belfast Central and Bleach Green Jct is also used by trains serving the Londonderry/Portrush lines.

Sources: Irish Railways Today (1967), the Northern Counties Railway (1973) and Johnson’s Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland (1997).


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Category: Railway bridge
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Railway [10] · Shore [6] · Boneybefore [4] Other Photos: · The loughshore near Carrickfergus (1) · The loughshore near Carrickfergus (2) ·
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J4288, 43 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 20 April, 2011   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 20 April, 2011
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Irish: geotagged! J 428 883 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:43.3502N 5:47.0395W
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Irish: geotagged! J 428 883
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