2006

D4002 : Approaching Larne Town station

taken 18 years ago, near to Larne, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Approaching Larne Town station
Approaching Larne Town station

See D4002 : Larne Town station, Northern Ireland Railways. This is the 12.50 Belfast Central-Larne Town seen from the Harbour Highway. There is a tight curve here as the line circles Larne Lough. The bridge carries the line over the Inver River.
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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D4002, 181 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 21 September, 2006   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 21 September, 2006
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Irish: geotagged! D 40 02 [1000m precision]
WGS84: 54:51.0320N 5:48.7955W
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