J3584 : E-car charge point, Jordanstown

taken 10 years ago, near to Whiteabbey, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

E-car charge point, Jordanstown
E-car charge point, Jordanstown
An E-car charge point at the railway park and ride car park, Lynda Avenue.
E-Car charge points, Ireland

Images of ECAR and other electric vehicle charge points which were first established across Ireland in early 2012. See LinkExternal link for further information in Northern Ireland and LinkExternal link for information in the Republic of Ireland.

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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Sunday, 30 March, 2014   (more nearby)
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Sunday, 30 March, 2014
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Energy infrastructure  Roads, Road transport 
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Northern Ireland Railways 
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Irish: geotagged! J 356 841 [100m precision]
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