Former railway station, Saintfield
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Former railway station, Saintfield
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 6 Oct 2012
Very much a typical Belfast and County Down Railway station. The line closed in 1950 and was signalled using lower quadrant semaphores. The signal cabin was attached to the station building. Back in the mid-1970’s there was a proposal to build a Saintfield bypass here which was countered by a suggestion to re-open part of the line using steam locomotives Image Both schemes failed to materialise.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.461071
Longitude
-5.825756