J4694 : Ballycarry station (1986)

taken 38 years ago, near to Ballycarry, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Ballycarry station (1986)
Ballycarry station (1986)
See J4694 : Ballycarry station (1977). By 1986 matters had improved considerably. The track had been re-laid, the old building on the up platform replaced by a reasonable shelter and the platform had been shortened, raised and re-surfaced. The rolling stock, however, was a mixture of old Mark 1 underframes, second-hand engines and new bodies. Still in service J4288 : Departure from Downshire station. Continue to J4694 : Ballycarry station, 2009 (1).
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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J4694, 32 images   (more nearby search)
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Thursday, 3 July, 1986   (more nearby)
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Monday, 20 October, 2008
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Railway station   (more nearby)
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Irish: geotagged! J 464 944 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:46.5999N 5:43.4858W
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Irish: geotagged! J 463 945
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