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J3886 : MPD railcars, Trooperslane station

near to Greenisland, Ireland

MPD railcars, Trooperslane station

The 11.20 Larne Harbour – Belfast York Road (composed of power cars nos 51, 65 and 64) is generating some black exhaust fumes as it climbs, non-stop, through Trooperslane station. J3886 : Trooperslane station, Carrickfergus (2) shows a similar view almost 32 years later.

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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1979

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Grid Square: J3886, 12 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: Saturday, 24 November, 1979 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 9 October, 2011
Geographical Context: Railways
Subject Location: Irish: J 3866 8681 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:42.6123N 5:50.9624W
Photographer Location: Irish: J 3865 8680
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)