Old railway goods shed, Banbridge
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Old railway goods shed, Banbridge by Albert Bridge as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Old railway goods shed, Banbridge
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 17 Mar 1981
The Knockmore Jct – Castlewellan line opened in 1863 as far as Banbridge and to Castlewellan in 1906. It closed beyond Banbridge in 1955 and, in 1956, the Knockmore – Banbridge section succumbed. The line was not lifted for another five years. By 1981, the old goods shed (now demolished- top left) was being converted to a leisure centre. The goods loading bank was still in existence but clearly in its last days. Almost everything in this photo has now gone and been replaced by a new purpose-built leisure centre and car park. The Unitarian church Image (top right) is the only remaining reference point.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
54.351972
Longitude
-6.26883