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Old Seahill Road, HOLYWOOD, BT18 0EG

See Image The same train (3006) approaching this bridge Image on the Rockport Road. Cuttings (usually in shade during the winter) are very much a feature of the Bangor line.

See Image This is the 09.30 Portadown-Bangor approaching the station. The track in the background used to be prone to flooding before the line was re-laid in 2001/02 and the long neglected drainage replaced.

Preserved steam locomotive no 171 http://www.steamtrainsireland.com/locomotives/loco171.htm approaching Seahill station with a special operated for the visiting Permanent Way Institution. The lineside vegetation has grown considerably since 1985.

An overbridge at the entrance to Seahill station (left). It carries the railway over a path connecting the Old Seahill Road to the Seahill Road (behind me). The path was probably once the line of the old road though I don’t know when it was abandoned.

The parapet of a bridge carrying the Rockport Road Image over the Belfast – Bangor railway.

The Bangor-Belfast railway line at Seahill. Looking in the Belfast direction.

New houses under construction, close to Seahill station, on the Seahill Road. The agents’ description includes “Lesleywood is a prestigious collection of 10 luxury detached and semi detached homes within a popular residential location.  Comprising 10 generously proportioned four bedroom homes, the layout of each home has been meticulously designed to maximise on natural light and space. Finished to an impeccably high standard turnkey specification, complemented by an elegant traditional façade. An established mature location combining the concept of modern family living along with the convenience of Holywoods' [sic] amenities and recreational pursuits. The location is ideal for those wishing to commute via. road or rail with local railway halt offering links to Holywood, Bangor, Belfast and beyond.” The following planning permission (3 December 2015) applies “W/2014/0500/F (AMENDED PROPOSAL) Proposed construction of 10 no. dwellings comprising of 8 no. detached and 2 no. semi-detached with associated car parking and landscaping 15-19 Seahill Road Craigavad Holywood”. I have no connection with the development and cannot enter into correspondence.

The 10.27 Bangor – Portadown (3006) calling at Seahill station.

Ballast trains on the Bangor line were sometimes hauled by MED railcars Image with the intermediate car removed. This one is near Rockport.

See Image The view towards Belfast from the other side of this bridge Image – another of the places where the rails can become slippery during the autumn leaf fall http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=46433573.