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1836 – Belfast has a vibrant chamber of commerce and top-level banking network, which include the Northern Bank, Ulster Bank and Belfast Bank. [ citation needed ] 1837 – Steam locomotives "Express" and "Fury" are delivered from Manchester to Belfast Harbour , from where are drawn up by horse to be placed on the new railway line Between ...
The history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than that of Great Britain.By its peak in 1920, Ireland had 3,500 route miles (5,630 km). The current status is less than half that amount, with a large unserviced area around the border area between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The Belfast Central Railway (BCR) was a railway company operating in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The company was incorporated by the Belfast Central Railway Act 1872 ( 35 & 36 Vict. c. clxxi) and acquired by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in 1885.
The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I) or GNRI) was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway company in Ireland. It was formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW), Northern Railway of Ireland , and Ulster Railway .
1854 – The first railway in Brazil, inaugurated by Pedro II of Brazil on 30 April in Rio de Janeiro, built by the Viscount of Maua. [21] 1854 – The first railway in Norway. Between Oslo and Eidsvoll. 1854 – The first railway in today's Romania and Serbia (then Austrian Empire), on 20 August 1854, between Lisava-Oravica-Bazijaš.
Belfast-Derry railway line and north eastern through Antrim and Coleraine to Derry; Some important rail stations in Belfast include Lanyon Place, and—due to open in the autumn of 2024, replacing the Great Victoria Street, which closed in May 2024—Belfast Grand central station, Botanic, City Hospital, Yorkgate.
The Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR) was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway in Ireland (later Northern Ireland) linking Belfast with County Down. [2] It was built in the 19th century and absorbed into the Ulster Transport Authority in 1948.
With no direct rail link to the rest of the network in Belfast, York Road was relegated to being a fairly quiet terminus for services on the Larne line between 1978 and 1992, apart from some brief excursion trains, and a short resumption of York Road-Antrim stopping services in 1980.