J2664 : VIP train at Lisburn

taken 39 years ago, near to Lisburn, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

VIP train at Lisburn
VIP train at Lisburn
In 1985 the Permanent Way Institution held its annual conference in Ireland. One of the “amenities” available was a trip to Portrush in CIE rolling stock with NIR motive power. The special is seen at Lisburn on return. Given the condition of NIR track around that time J2969 : The permanent way at Dunmurry station and J4187 : Barn railway station (2) it is likely that the journey would have been “memorable”.
Lisburn, Knockmore Jct and Antrim railway

The line between Knockmore Jct and Antrim opened in 1871 with intermediate stations, halts and calling places at Brookmount, Brookhill. Meeting House, Ballinderry, Legatiriff, Glenavy, Crumlin, Aldergrove and Millar’s Bridge. It closed to passengers in 1960 but remained open for cross-Border freight trains to/from Londonderry. A local passenger service, from Lisburn to Antrim serving Ballinderry, Glenavy and Crumlin, was restored in 1974. The signal cabin and junction at Knockmore Jct closed in 1977 with the opening of a third line to Lisburn which included a Knockmore halt at the Ballinderry Road, Lisburn.
Belfast – Londonderry/Portrush trains were diverted to the line in 1978 and used it until 2001. A local passenger service remained until 2003. The line is now “mothballed” with no immediate prospect of re-opening (September 2011).
A Translink press release dated 11 August 2014 included the following: “As part of the works, FP McCann have been carrying out sleeper replacement and fitting insulated block joints, installing new drainage systems and undertaking structural repairs to existing culverts along the line section. Oliver Watts, Project Manager, Translink said, “The main outcome of these works will be to ensure the on-going serviceability of the branch line for safe operational use as a diversion route in the event of an emergency or planned engineering works’. We would remind the public to keep safe and avoid trespassing or to enter the railway environment at all times. Work on the line is expected to be completed in November.”

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J2664, 512 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Wednesday, 12 June, 1985   (more nearby)
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Friday, 19 December, 2008
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City, Town centre  Railways 
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Trains > Trains   (more nearby)
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Irish: geotagged! J 267 646 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:30.8588N 6:2.6537W
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Irish: geotagged! J 267 646
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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