Whitehead excursion station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Whitehead excursion station by Albert Bridge as part of the Geograph project.
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Whitehead excursion station
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 19 Aug 2010
For the history of the line see the “shared description” below. Whitehead excursion station opened in 1907 to handle special trains for day trippers (mainly from Belfast) at a time when the town was seaside resort. In 1966 it became the base for the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland Image and Image The Larne line is on the left.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.755358
Longitude
-5.709802