J3474 : Queen's Quay railway station
near to Belfast County Borough, Shankill, Ballymacarret, Cliftonville and Skegoneill, Ireland
Queen's Quay railway station
Opened by the Belfast & County Down Railway in 1848, the station at Queen's Quay was rebuilt in 1910-14. It lost all but services to Bangor in 1950 and was finally closed in 1976 as part of the central line project. Later demolished to make way for the cross-harbour road and rail link. For a current view of the site, see J3474 : Site of former Queen's Quay station, Belfast For an interior view, see J3474 : Queen's Quay station - interior
The Belfast and County Down Railway
The Belfast and County Down Railway ran from Queen’s Quay station in Belfast to Castlewellan via Comber, Downpatrick and Newcastle. There were also lines from Comber to Donaghadee via Newtownards, Belfast to Bangor and branches from Ballynahinch Jct to Ballynahinch and Downpatrick to Ardglass. The lines opened between 1848 and 1892. All closed by 1950 except for Castlewellan – Newcastle which survived until 1955 as part of the GNR(I) route from Belfast via Banbridge and the Bangor line which remains open but from Belfast Central.
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1974
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- TheTurfBurner (find more nearby)
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- Date Taken
- July 1974 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 17 May, 2011
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J 3462 7459 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:36.0960N 5:55.0578W - Photographer Location
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Irish: J 3462 7459
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- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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