A Great Railway Journey for Portillo

The former Conservative politician and train enthusiast – turned TV presenter – Michael Portillo visited the Downpatrick and County Down Railway to film an episode of the third series of the BBC2 programme Great British Railway Journeys. During the series Mr Portillo uses a copy of the Bradshaw Railway Guide from the 1860s to travel […]

The Signal Box Now Arriving at Platform 1

If you were travelling between Enniskillen and Belfast yesterday on the M1 you may have seen a very unusual sight – a signal cabin perched on top of a low-loader lorry on its way to its new home at the Downpatrick & County Down Railway. The cabin used to control the north end of Bundoran […]

Gallery Project on Schedule

Progress in the HLF/NTB funded Carriage Gallery has been largely internal and away from the dramatic scenes of the superstructure being erected to internal fitting out of electrics and the construction of the internal platforms. Wednesday 6th July saw another milestone with the start of the rails for the three roads being moved in and […]

Work on Gallery Construction Complete

The Downpatrick & County Down Railway marked the completion of construction work of the new £550,000 “Carriage Gallery”, as the keys were officially presented to the society by the contractors, Glasgiven Contracts. Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and NITB, as well as the railway society’s own funds, the new public display area has been […]