2009

J5979 : Course of old railway, Donaghadee

taken 15 years ago, near to Donaghadee, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Course of old railway, Donaghadee
Course of old railway, Donaghadee
The old Belfast and County Down line to Donaghadee crossed the Millisle Road under a bridge (removed in the late 1970s) where there was a station called Millisle Road halt (only 65 chains from Donaghadee station J5979 : Site of Donaghadee station). After that the line ran through this cutting (now overgrown but marked by the two lines of trees (upper middle)) before reaching here J5979 : Old railway, Donaghadee (3). This is the north eastern side of the level crossing looking towards what was the terminus. The line closed in 1950.
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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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Donaghadee Station [27] · Millisle Road [23] · Old Railway [12] Other Photos: · Old railway, Donaghadee (3) · Railway path, Donaghadee (1) ·
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J5979, 171 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 23 June, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 23 June, 2009
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 594 791 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:38.0978N 5:31.9162W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! J 593 790
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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