J3475 : Citylink bus, Belfast (2)

taken 44 years ago, near to Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Citylink bus, Belfast (2)
Citylink bus, Belfast (2)
Citybus (Belfast) and Ulsterbus lost a considerable number of buses through “riot and civil commotion”. At times, the numbers lost were such that, to maintain timetable services, second-hand buses were acquired from operators in GB. This ex-London Transport AEC Merlin was numbered (2511) in the Ulsterbus fleet but on loan to Citybus. It was at Belfast York Road station J3475 : York Road station, Belfast working the “Citylink” J3373 : Citylink bus, Belfast service to Belfast Central.
The Belfast - Larne railway

The line between Belfast York Road and Larne Harbour opened as far to Carrickfergus in 1848 and from Carrickfergus to Larne Harbour in 1862. There were stations at Belfast York Road (1848), Greencastle (1849/1916), Whitehouse (old station 1861/1906 replaced by a new station, further north 1906/1954), Whiteabbey (1848), Bleach Green 1934/1977), Jordanstown (by 1853), Trooperslane (by 1850), Mount (1925/72), Carrickfergus (old station 1848/62), Clipperstown (1925), Carrickfergus (1862), Barn (1925/77), Downshire (originally Downshire Park, 1925), Eden (1925/77), Kilroot (1862/77), Whitehead (first station 1863/64), Whitehead (second station 1864/77), Whitehead (1877), Whitehead Excursion (1907), Ballycarry (1862), Ballylig (now Magheramorne, 1862), Glynn (1864), Larne (1862/1974), Larne Town (new alignment, 1974) and Larne Harbour (1862).
York Road station closed in 1992, replaced by Yorkgate (on a different site) as part of the opening of the new cross-harbour line to Belfast Central.
The line between Belfast Central and Bleach Green Jct is also used by trains serving the Londonderry/Portrush lines.

Sources: Irish Railways Today (1967), the Northern Counties Railway (1973) and Johnson’s Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland (1997).

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J3475, 773 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Saturday, 24 May, 1980   (more nearby)
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Friday, 1 January, 2010
Geographical Context
City, Town centre  Railways 
Place (from Tags)
Belfast 
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Northern Ireland Railways 
Category
Bus   (more nearby)
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 343 757 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:36.7202N 5:55.3045W
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Irish: geotagged! J 343 757
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East-northeast (about 67 degrees)
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Road Transport  Belfast  Railway Station  Northern Ireland Railways  Citybus (Belfast)  AEC Merlin  London Transport 

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