1977

D4002 : Train leaving Larne Town station

taken 47 years ago, near to Larne, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Train leaving Larne Town station
Train leaving Larne Town station
One of the Ulster Transport Authority (UTA) built 70-class DEMUs pulls away from Larne Town station with the 12.55 Sunday only service to York Road. The tall building in the background is the former Laharna Hotel, built in 1903 and purchased by the Midland Railway (NCC) in 1909, it was designed by Berkeley Deane Wise. One of the few buildings of any note in Larne, it has since been demolished.
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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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Larne Town Station [18] · Railway Station [12] · Tall Building in the Background [2] ·
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D4002, 181 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
The Carlisle Kid   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 29 May, 1977   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 28 August, 2012
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! D 403 023 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:50.9751N 5:48.9294W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! D 404 023
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West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
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