J3886 : Accommodation crossing XR 305, Trooperslane

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

Accommodation crossing XR 305, Trooperslane
Accommodation crossing XR 305, Trooperslane
Accommodation crossing XR 305 on the Belfast side of Trooperslane station – intended for use by the signalling and telecoms personnel. There is no public access. This photograph is from the Trooperslane Road, at the level crossing.
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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Tuesday, 22 April, 2014   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 22 April, 2014
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Railways 
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Carrickfergus 
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Northern Ireland Railways 
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Irish: geotagged! J 384 865 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:42.4919N 5:51.1643W
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Irish: geotagged! J 386 867
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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