2011

J4874 : Old railway, Newtownards (3)

taken 12 years ago, near to Newtownards, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Old railway, Newtownards (3)
Old railway, Newtownards (3)
See J4974 : Old railway, Newtownards (2). A very short stretch of old railway line at the Crawfordsburn Road (immediately behind me). It was between Comber and the station - photograph no 30 in this link LinkExternal link and here J4974 : Old railway, Newtownards (1). J4874 : Course of old railway, Newtownards (31 October 2013) shows the course of the line on the other side of the road.
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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Geographical Context: City, Town centre Railways Derelict, Disused other tags: Newtownards Railway (Dismantled) Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Crawfordsburn Road [5] · Old Railway [2] Other Photos: · Old railway, Newtownards (2) · Course of old railway, Newtownards ·
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J4874, 212 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 30 September, 2011   (more nearby)
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Friday, 30 September, 2011
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 484 746 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:35.8903N 5:42.1990W
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Irish: geotagged! J 484 746
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