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Ballinderry Court, LISBURN, BT28 1SS

The closed Knockmore Halt as viewed from the Ballinderry Road Bridge, looking towards Portadown.

One of the side effects of the building of the Belfast – Dublin railway was the (slight) realignment of the Ballinderry Road and its replacement by the bridge Image on the right. The original alignment can be seen between the two fence posts on the left. The railway opened here in 1841. The old alignment survived intact until relatively recently but there are now commercial premises at the far end. This view is from the south eastern side, near Ballycreen Drive.

(right) Knockmore Halt on the Lisburn to Antrim Branch, (centre and left) the Belfast to Dublin mainline. The Ballindery Road bridge in the centre of the photo, this replaced the level crossing that was previously at this location in the 1920's. It should also be noted that trains don't stop at the Halt any more.

(right) Knockmore Halt on the Lisburn to Antrim Branch, (centre and left) the Belfast to Dublin mainline. The Ballindery Road bridge in the centre of the photo, this replaced the level crossing that was previously at this location in the 1920's.

See Image The “Sealink” set passing Knockmore station with the 17.45 Portadown – Bangor. The platform on the other side of the Ballinderry Road bridge served the (single) third line to Antrim. That on the right was used by up trains to Portadown on the Dublin line. Due to insufficient space there was no equivalent down platform. The semaphore signal is the Lisburn down distant.

Vandals set fire to the grass bank across the line from Knockmore Halt.

The civil engineer’s department had absolute possession of the down line between Lisburn and Moira for relaying. The MV class locomotive was hauling a “Donelli” train of track panels (sections of rail attached to sleepers ready to be laid and welded as continuous welded rail). Single-line working was in operation over the up line (right). The line on the left is the single line from Antrim Image This was in the days before health and safety regulations – railway staff either nodded a greeting or ignored you completely.

The closed Knockmore Halt on the Antrim Branch.

The closed Knockmore Halt, seen from a passing steam special. The halt was closed in 2005, and the last traces of it were demolished in 2014.

Knockmore Halt, looking towards Lisburn. The railway line to the left where the platform of the closed Knockmore Halt is, the Antrim Branch, the line in the middle looking towards the Causeway End road bridge, is the Dublin to Belfast Mainline (Down line), to the right, is the Belfast to Dublin (Up line). Causewayend Road Bridge in the Background.