Train, Gibbstown near Navan © Albert Bridge cc-by-sa/2.0

N8572 : Train, Gibbstown near Navan

taken 42 years ago, near to Kilberry, Meath, Ireland

Train, Gibbstown near Navan

See N7995 : Kingscourt station (4). The same train passing the closed (1936) station at Gibbstown.

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: Monday, 7 May, 1979 (more nearby)
Submitted: Monday, 3 October, 2011
Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Quarrying, Mining Railways
Subject Location: Irish: N 853 728 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:41.9341N 6:42.5017W
Camera Location: Irish: N 853 728
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)