2008

J3873 : Former Knock station, Belfast (2008-1)

taken 16 years ago, 3 km from Dundonald, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Former Knock station, Belfast (2008-1)
Former Knock station, Belfast (2008-1)
See J3773 : Former Neill's Hill station, Belfast (2). Knock was the next station after Neill’s Hill. The down platform still survives (on the eastern side of the Knock Road which the line crossed by a level crossing) although well covered by vegetation. The view is towards Comber. The path on the right is the Comber Greenway J3873 : Old railway, Belfast (3) built on what was a double-track railway. See J3873 : Former Knock station, Belfast (2013) for a view of the platform in May 2013.
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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J3873, 198 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 30 March, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 30 March, 2008
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 386 734 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:35.4322N 5:51.3133W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! J 386 734
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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