J4769 : Old railway, Ballyhenry Minor, Comber

taken 11 years ago, near to Comber, Co Down, Northern Ireland

Old railway, Ballyhenry Minor, Comber
Old railway, Ballyhenry Minor, Comber
A short surviving stretch of the closed Belfast and County Down railway, on the Comber side of the former Glass Moss level crossing J4769 : Former level crossing, Ballyhenry, Comber. The houses (background) are in the Moorfield development. The satellite photograph shows what remains of the course of the line.
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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J4769, 17 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Tuesday, 20 November, 2012   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 20 November, 2012
Geographical Context
Railways  Derelict, Disused 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 473 699 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:33.3622N 5:43.3615W
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Irish: geotagged! J 474 699
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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Comber  Railway (Dismantled) 

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