Kingscourt train at Gibbstown near Navan © Albert Bridge

N8572 : Kingscourt train at Gibbstown near Navan

taken 47 years ago, near to Kilberry, Meath, Ireland

Kingscourt train at Gibbstown near Navan

A train, from Kingscourt, approaching the level crossing, at the closed station at Gibbstown, north of Navan. The station had a platform on the Drogheda side of the level crossing (behind me) and a loading bank for goods at lower right.

The Drogheda - Navan - Kingscourt railway :: O0974

Opened, in sections, by four railway companies between 1850 and 1875. Drogheda – Navan closed to passengers in 1958, Navan – Kingscourt in 1947. There are two short branches – to Platin cement factory at Drogheda and the Tara mines at Navan. The Navan – Kingscourt section handled gypsum trains until 2001. The line still serves the Tara mines.

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Grid Square: N8572, 4 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Thursday, 12 June, 1975 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 12 January, 2010
Category: Trains > Trains (more nearby)
Subject Location: Irish: N 853 729 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:41.9662N 6:42.4825W
Camera Location: Irish: N 853 729
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)