2013

J4552 : Station Road sign, Crossgar

taken 11 years ago, near to Crossgar, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Station Road sign, Crossgar
Station Road sign, Crossgar
Crossgar was a station and block post, between Ballynahinch Jct J4155 : Former Ballynahinch Junction station (1983-1) and King’s Bridge halt, on the line from Belfast to Downpatrick and Newcastle. This sign, at the Kilmore Road end, seems to be the only reminder that there was ever a railway in the village. Railway Park now occupies the site of the station. Old photographs show that it was similar to that at Saintfield J4159 : Former railway station, Saintfield.
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: Village, Rural settlement Roads, Road transport Railways Place: Crossgar other tags: Road Road Name Sign Railway (Dismantled) Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Kilmore Road [3] · Sign [2] ·
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J4552, 63 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 13 June, 2013   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 13 June, 2013
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 453 520 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:23.7786N 5:45.7873W
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Irish: geotagged! J 453 520
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