J4791 : Former railway station bar, Whitehead

taken 14 years ago, near to Whitehead, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Former railway station bar, Whitehead
Former railway station bar, Whitehead
York Road, Carrickfergus, Whitehead and Larne Town stations all had station bars until well into the 1970’s. J4791 : The "Station Bar", Whitehead shows the platform view in 1980.
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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J4791, 205 images   (more nearby search)
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Thursday, 19 August, 2010   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 19 August, 2010
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Public house (closed)   (more nearby)
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Irish: geotagged! J 475 918 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:45.1643N 5:42.5411W
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Irish: geotagged! J 475 918
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