Belfast York Road

Location type

Station


Name and dates

Belfast York Road

Opened on the Belfast and Ballymena Railway.






Dates

  /  /1832Cavehill Railway
Act passed for a line from Cavehill Quarry to Belfast Lough (by the later side of Belfast York Road).
  /  /1854Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast [York Road] renamed Belfast York Road.
  /  /1862Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Doubled from Belfast York Road to Greencastle.
  /  /1875Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast York Road rebuilt (formerly only one platform).
  /  /1894Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Tramway laid into Belfast York Road.
  /  /1897Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast York Road station at largest size.
  /  /1905Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Street tramway into Belfast York Road electrified.
  /  /1926Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast York Road resignalled with colour lights.
  /  /1941Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast York Road badly damaged during bombing of World War II. Partly repaired.
  /  /1966Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Near Belfast York Road spoil is delivered by rail, from a new third track, on the east side of the line to form the motorway. The workshops are relocated from the east side of the line to the west.
  /  /1975Belfast and Ballymena Railway
Belfast York Road rebuilt.
17/10/1992Cross Harbour Link
Yorkgate opened as a temporary terminus for the former Belfast and Ballymena Railway while the link to the Belfast Central Railway is under construction. Belfast York Road closed.

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