Former railway station, Newcastle © The Carlisle Kid cc-by-sa/2.0

J3731 : Former railway station, Newcastle

taken 9 years ago, near to Newcastle and Maghera, Northern Ireland

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Former railway station, Newcastle

Built for the Belfast & Co. Down Railway in 1905, Newcastle lost its last rail service in 1956. The former station building is now a supermarket.

The Belfast and County Down Railway

The Belfast and County Down Railway ran from Queen’s Quay station in Belfast to Castlewellan via Comber, Downpatrick and Newcastle. There were also lines from Comber to Donaghadee via Newtownards, Belfast to Bangor and branches from Ballynahinch Jct to Ballynahinch and Downpatrick to Ardglass. The lines opened between 1848 and 1892. All closed by 1950 except for Castlewellan – Newcastle which survived until 1955 as part of the GNR(I) route from Belfast via Banbridge and the Bangor line which remains open but from Belfast Central.

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Grid Square: J3731, 1271 images (more nearby )
Photographer: The Carlisle Kid (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Tuesday, 25 September, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 27 September, 2012
Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Business, Retail, Services City, Town centre Railways
Subject Location: Irish: J 378 316 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:12.8878N 5:53.2484W
Camera Location: Irish: J 378 316
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)