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Queen's Bridge railway station

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202:(GNRI) at Ulster Junction, and ran for 1½ miles to Queen's Bridge, with a branch from East Bridge Street Junction to the BCDR at Ballymacarrett Junction. A link to the BNCR was built later, via a tunnel under Queen's Bridge to the dock board railway at Donegall Quay Junction which, in turn, connected to the BNCR. This was used for goods only. 205:
Queen's Bridge station opened to passengers in 1878. It had a single platform on which stood a single-storey brick building with a pitched roof and rectangular window openings. In 1885, the Belfast Central Railway was acquired by GNRI, closed to passengers and Ormeau station was consequently closed.
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The station was demolished in 1960 and the line from East Bridge Street Junction to Donegall Quay Junction was closed on 3 June 1963 by the
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was built in 1875 to connect the three railway lines in Belfast (the
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which ran from the Ulster (later Belfast Central) Junction on the
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Railway stations in Northern Ireland closed in 1885
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Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1878
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Belfast
54°35′55″N 5°55′17″W / 54.5985°N 5.9213°W / 54.5985; -5.9213
Belfast Central Railway
Belfast Central Railway
Ulster Railway
Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast
Ireland
Belfast Central Railway
Ulster Railway
Belfast and County Down Railway
Belfast and Northern Counties Railway
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Ulster Transport Authority
Historical railways
Ormeau
Belfast Central Railway
GNRI
Ballymacarrett Junction
Belfast Central Railway
BCDR


"Disused Stations: Belfast Queens Bridge station"
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Disused railway stations in Belfast
Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1878
Railway stations in Northern Ireland closed in 1885

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