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Last Train to Arglass from Downpatrick - J. Hamilton (driver, bottom right), B. Savage (fireman, top, standing), W. Irvine (porter/guard, second from right). J. Hamilton retired in 1981, B. Savage transferred to the UTA buses, retired 1981 as well, W. Irvine moved to England.
Last Train to Arglass from Downpatrick - J. Hamilton (driver, bottom right), B. Savage (fireman, top, standing), W. Irvine (porter/guard, second from right). J. Hamilton retired in 1981, B. Savage transferred to the UTA buses, retired 1981 as well, W. Irvine moved to England.

January 2020

Month: January 2020

DCDR Marks 70 Years Since Closure

Last Train to Arglass from Downpatrick - J. Hamilton (driver, bottom right), B. Savage (fireman, top, standing), W. Irvine (porter/guard, second from right). J. Hamilton retired in 1981, B. Savage transferred to the UTA buses, retired 1981 as well, W. Irvine moved to England.

SEVENTY years ago this morning the first part of Northern Ireland’s railway network literally came to the end of the line, with the axe falling on a large part of the old Belfast and County Down Railway, marking the end of 100 years of railway transport in East Down. On this day (15 January) in […]