2011

J4087 : Colour light signal, Clipperstown, Carrickfergus

taken 12 years ago, near to Carrickfergus, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Colour light signal, Clipperstown, Carrickfergus
Colour light signal, Clipperstown, Carrickfergus
See J4087 : Somersault signal, Clipperstown, Carrickfergus. More than 35 years later the somersault semaphore has been replaced by a colour light signal. All traces of the old harbour branch have gone. There are houses on the left (partly hidden by trees and hedges) while the old saltworks site (right) has been extensively redeveloped. There were no Translink trains or buses today during the UK-wide strike against proposed changes to public-sector pensions.
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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J4087, 36 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 30 November, 2011   (more nearby)
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Wednesday, 30 November, 2011
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Irish: geotagged! J 405 877 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:43.0605N 5:49.1972W
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Irish: geotagged! J 405 877
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