J4791 : View North along Whitehead's Marine Parade

taken 7 years ago, near to Whitehead, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

View North along Whitehead's Marine Parade
View North along Whitehead's Marine Parade
The image was taken from the junction with Marine Avenue.
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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J4791, 205 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Friday, 30 June, 2017   (more nearby)
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Monday, 3 July, 2017
Geographical Context
Coastal  Roads, Road transport 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 476 919 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:45.2164N 5:42.4449W
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Irish: geotagged! J 476 918
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North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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