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The Northern Counties Committee (Midland Railway) was an amalgamation of the Midland Railway with the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway which was formed on 1 July 1903. Additionally, the Carrickfergus Harbour Junction Light Railway 2 km (1 mi); was incorporated in 1882, opening in 1887 and was worked by the Northern Counties Committee.
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.
Claremorris to Collooney Railway - Swinford Historical Society - 1996; Connemara Railway, The - Villiers Tuthill, Kathleen - 2003; Cork City Railway Stations, 1985, Colm Creedon, 1986; Cork and Macroom Direct Railway (the) Colm Creedon, 1960 (out of print) County Armagh Railway Album - McKee, Eddie - 1996; County Down, The - Arnold, R.M. - 1981
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) is a railway preservation group founded in 1964 and operating throughout Ireland. Mainline steam train railtours are operated from Dublin, while short train rides are operated up and down the platform at Whitehead, County Antrim, and as of 2023, the group sometimes operates mainline trains in Northern Ireland using hired-in NIR diesel trains ...
The Bangor Line originated with the incorporation of the Belfast, Holywood, and Bangor Railway (BHBR) on June 26, 1846. The first section of the line, running from Belfast to Holywood, opened on August 2, 1848. The line was extended to Bangor on May 1, 1865, and subsequently acquired by the Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR) in 1884. [3]
The promoters were able to assuage the committee's fears that the works would be heavy and costly and the bill received royal assent on 21 July 1845 as the Belfast and Ballymena Railway Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. lxxxi), "An Act for making a Railway from Belfast to Ballymena in the County of Antrim, with Branches to Carrickfergus and Randalstown".
The Irish Railway Record Society has a library of Irish railway documents at Heuston station and charters an annual railtour. The Modern Railway Society of Ireland promoted interest in modern-day Irish Railways and charters occasional railtours, before it was wound up in 2024. Irish Traction Group based at Carrick-on-Suir.
The railway and bus stations were replaced by the adjacent Belfast Grand Central station with the official opening on 13 October 2024. [12] Great Victoria Street railway station closed permanently on 10 May 2024, with a bus transfer service operating until rail services commenced from Belfast Grand Central, with a service to Dublin at 8:05 a.m ...