J4791 : Whitehead railway station

taken 18 years ago, near to Whitehead, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Whitehead railway station
Whitehead railway station
This station was opened in 1877 and was the third station to serve the town. It has been modernised but still retains its Victorian feel. This is the view towards Larne with the 10.35 from Belfast Central on the left and the 10.55 from Larne Harbour on the right.
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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Monday, 31 July, 2006   (more nearby)
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Monday, 31 July, 2006
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Railway station   (more nearby)
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Irish: geotagged! J 475 917 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:45.1373N 5:42.5426W
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Irish: geotagged! J 475 917
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