Lagan Junction

Location type

Junction


Name and dates

Lagan Junction

Opened on the Belfast Central Railway.



Dates

28/11/1994Cross Harbour Link
Opens to link Yorkgate, temporary terminus of the former Belfast and Ballymena Railway, to the new Lagan Junction on the Belfast Central Railway. The line is largely on viaducts and is single track with a passing loop at Donegall Quay [Belfast], site of a planned station. Londonderry trains cease running via Crumlin and return to the route via Whiteabbey. The viaduct, 4,675ft, is named for William Dargan.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Lanarkshire's Lost Railways

Origins of the Scottish Railway System 1722-1844
The Monkland & Kirkintilloch and associated railways
Vanished Railways of West Lothian