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Belfast York Road

/ /1832	Cavehill Railway Act passed for a line from Cavehill Quarry to Belfast Lough (by the later side of Belfast York Road).
/ /1854	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Belfast [York Road] renamed Belfast York Road.
/ /1862	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Doubled from Belfast York Road to Greencastle.
/ /1875	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Belfast York Road rebuilt (formerly only one platform).
/ /1894	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Tramway laid into Belfast York Road.
/ /1897	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Belfast York Road station at largest size.
/ /1905	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Street tramway into Belfast York Road electrified.
/ /1926	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Belfast York Road resignalled with colour lights.
/ /1941	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Belfast York Road badly damaged during bombing of World War II. Partly repaired.
/ /1966	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Near Belfast York Road spoil is delivered by rail, from a new third track, on the east side of the line to form the motorway. The workshops are relocated from the east side of the line to the west.
/ /1975	Belfast and Ballymena Railway Belfast York Road rebuilt.
17/10/1992	Cross Harbour Link Yorkgate opened as a temporary terminus for the former Belfast and Ballymena Railway while the link to the Belfast Central Railway is under construction. Belfast York Road closed.