J3475 : York Road station, Belfast
near to Skegoneill, Cliftonville, Belfast County Borough, Shankill and Queens Island, Ireland
York Road station, Belfast
York Road station was the terminus of the Belfast & Northern Counties Railway serving Cos. Antrim and Londonderry. It was badly damaged by the Luftwaffe during WWII and during the bombing campaign in the 70’s. Demolition for the M2-M1 link road meant that it was totally isolated from the city centre. The diversion of Londonderry trains via Antrim and Lisburn in 1978 left it with just the Larne-line trains. By then it had been rebuilt as shadow of itself. A bus (under the name "Rail-Link") was provided to link the station to Central. Inevitably a Bristol with fibreglass seats and (very loud) piped music it was not a pleasant experience. Now replaced by Yorkgate on the cross-harbour line). See also J3475 : York Road station, Belfast (2).
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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1983
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- Saturday, 27 August, 1983 (more nearby)
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- Wednesday, 18 July, 2007
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J 343 757 [100m precision]
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