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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. All but the line between Belfast and Bangor was closed in the 1950s, although some ...
Downpatrick and County Down Railway. The Downpatrick and County Down Railway ( DCDR) is a 5 foot, 3 inch (1,600 mm) gauge heritage railway in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is operated by volunteers and runs passenger trains using steam and diesel locomotives, diesel railcars, and vintage carriages. [1] The railway has approximately three ...
54.636°N 5.845°W. / 54.636; -5.845. Holywood ( / ˈhɒliwʊd / HOL-ee-wuud; from Latin Sanctus Boscus 'holy wood' [2]) is a town in the metropolitan area of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a civil parish and townland of 306 hectares (755 acres) lying on the shore of Belfast Lough, between Belfast and Bangor.
The Northern Counties Committee (NCC) was a railway that served the north-east of Ireland. It was built to Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) but later acquired a number of 914 mm (3 ft) narrow gauge lines. It had its origins in the Belfast and Ballymena Railway which opened to traffic on 11 April 1848.
The Downpatrick, Killough and Ardglass Railway (DKALR) was an Irish gauge ( 1,600 mm ( 5 ft 3 in )) railway in Ireland linking Downpatrick with Ardglass. It was built from 1890 to 1892 and absorbed into the Ulster Transport Authority in 1948. It was closed on 16 January 1950.
County Down. Contae an Dúin is the Irish name, Countie Doun[ 2] and Coontie Doon[ 3] are Ulster Scots spellings. County Down ( Irish: Contae an Dúin) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. [ 4][ 5] It covers an area of 961 sq mi (2,490 km 2 ...
Downpatrick was opened in March 1859 by the Belfast and County Down Railway, as the terminus of their line from Queen's Quay station. In 1869 the Downpatrick, Dundrum & Newcastle Railway opened, connecting Newcastle to the BCDR system at Downpatrick. It was worked by the BCDR for its entire independent existence, being absorbed by the BCDR in 1871.
The Belfast and County Down Railway (B&CDR) linked Belfast south-eastwards into County Down. It was incorporated in 1846; the first section opened in 1848; absorbed into the Ulster Transport Authority in 1948 and all but the line to Bangor closed in 1950.