Old railway bridge, Banbridge (1)
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Old railway bridge, Banbridge (1)
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 27 May 2006
Banbridge was once an important railway town though more for the output of its linen industry and locally bred cattle than for passengers. It was a junction on the GNR(I) where the lines from Knockmore Jct to Castlewellan and Scarva to Banbridge met. The lines closed in 1956 and 1955 respectively although it was a few years before they were lifted. There is very little left in 2006 to show that there was ever a railway in the town. The photograph is of the overgrown remains of the bridge which carried the line from Knockmore Jct to Castlewellan over the River Bann.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.354779
Longitude
-6.270404