2008
J3673 : Old railway, Belfast (4)
taken 18 years ago, 3 km from Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland
Old railway, Belfast (4)
See J3773 : Old railway, Belfast (2). This is the line as it approaches the site of Bloomfield station J3673 : Site of Bloomfield station, Belfast on the Beersbridge Road. The slight elevation here gives a good view, even on a misty day, of the Stena ferry berth and the Harland & Wolff cranes (middle right).
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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- Grid Square
- J3673, 317 images (more nearby 🔍)
- Photographer
- Albert Bridge (more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 11 February, 2008 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Monday, 11 February, 2008
- Subject Location
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Irish:
J 368 739 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:35.6937N 5:52.9986W - Camera Location
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Irish: J 369 738
- View Direction
- West-northwest (about 292 degrees)
