2013

J4874 : Course of old railway, Newtownards

taken 10 years ago, near to Newtownards, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Course of old railway, Newtownards
Course of old railway, Newtownards
See J4874 : Old railway, Newtownards (3) (30 September 2011). The same stretch of line, on the other side of the Crawfordsburn Road, at the corner of Talbot Street, as it headed towards Comber. Anyone looking for “lost railways” in Newtownards will not have a rewarding search. The 1966 one-inch map shows the course of the line very clearly. Today’s satellite photograph LinkExternal link shows that most of it has disappeared under various buildings etc - in this case a car park. For reference purposes Londonderry Primary School is in the background.
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 Place: Newtownards other tags: Railway (Dismantled) Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Talbot Street [9] · Crawfordsburn Road [5] · Old Railway [2] Other Photos: · Old railway, Newtownards (3) ·
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J4874, 212 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 31 October, 2013   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 31 October, 2013
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 485 746 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:35.8792N 5:42.1810W
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Irish: geotagged! J 485 746
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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