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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.
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 ...
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
Downpatrick and County Down Railway is located on part of the former Belfast & County Down Railway and is Ireland's only heritage railway using the standard Irish track gauge of 5 feet 3 inches (1.60 m). It has approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) of track, with branches to Inch Abbey, Magnus Barefoot's grave and Downpatrick station from a triangular ...
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 ...
Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station closed station in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; Lanyon Place railway station in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. (formerly known as "Belfast Central") Queen's Quay railway station on the former Belfast and County Down Railway in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; York ...
In 2000, the government of the Republic of Ireland developed a National Development Plan, which has seen major investment in infrastructure.Almost the entire railway network, including the Belfast–Dublin line as far as the border, has been upgraded to continuous welded rail, while signalling is controlled using the Centralised Traffic Control system located at Dublin Connolly station.