J4159 : Old railway, Saintfield (1)

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

Old railway, Saintfield (1)
Old railway, Saintfield (1)
A mass of tangled vegetation is all that remains to mark the course of the old County Down railway. The view is towards Saintfield station J4159 : Former railway station, Saintfield, Downpatrick and Newcastle from this bridge J4159 : Old railway bridge, Saintfield on the Windmill Road. J4159 : Old railway, Saintfield (2) shows the view towards Belfast.
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.

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved]   © Copyright Albert Bridge and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Loading map... (JavaScript required)
Grid Square
J4159, 24 images   (more nearby search)
Photographer
Date Taken
Saturday, 13 April, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 13 April, 2013
Geographical Context
Railways  Derelict, Disused 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 411 594 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:27.8193N 5:49.4724W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! J 411 594
View Direction
West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
Clickable map
+

Other Tags
Saintfield  Railway (Dismantled)  Vegetation 

Click a tag, to view other nearby images.

Image classification(about): Geograph
This page has been viewed about 153 times.
View this location: KML (Google Earth) · Google MapsExternal link · Bing MapsExternal link · Geograph Coverage Map · geotagged! More Links for this image
Background for photo viewing: White / /
NW N NE
W Go E
SW S SE
thumbs up icon
[Mark
You are not logged in login | register