Sealink set at Magheramorne © The Carlisle Kid

J4298 : Sealink set at Magheramorne

taken 39 years ago, near to Magheramorne, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Sealink set at Magheramorne

Northern Ireland Railway's Sealink liveried 70-class set approaches Magheramorne station with the 14.00 passenger service from Larne Harbour to Belfast (York Road). Painted in these colours to publicise BR's Larne - Stranraer "Sealink" ferry service, the set was withdrawn in October 1985 and dumped in the bottom of a water-filled quarry due to the presence of blue asbestos.

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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Grid Square: J4298, 11 images (more nearby )
Photographer: The Carlisle Kid (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Saturday, 29 June, 1985 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 28 November, 2012
Geographical Context: Coastal Village, Rural settlement Business, Retail, Services Lakes, Wetland, Bog Railways
Subject Location: Irish: J 425 989 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:49.0857N 5:47.0056W
Camera Location: Irish: J 425 989
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)