Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway


Dublin and the Belfast Junction Railway was an Irish gauge railway in Ireland. The company was incorporated in 1845 and opened its line in stages between 1849 and 1853 and the bridge over the River Boyne opening in 1855. Linker the Ulster Railway from Belfast to Portadown and Dublin and Drogheda Railway from Drogheda to Dublin it completed the missing link in the Dublin to Belfast main line.
in 1981 on the Belfast-Newry railway line.

History

On 6 January 1852 became a junction, when the northern section of the D&BJct was opened between Portadown and about beyond. Bridging of valley near Bessbrook by construction of Craigmore Viaduct delayed the running of through trains to just north of until 1852. The Boyne Viaduct at Drogheda was not built until 1854–55, at a cost of £124,000, to the design of Sir John Macneill, who was the consulting engineer for the D&BJct.

Route

The D&BJct line from Drogheda to Portadown connected the Ulster Railway's – – Belfast original line with the Dublin and Drogheda Railway's Dublin Amiens Street – Drogheda line, forming the main line between Dublin and Belfast.

Aftermath

In 1875, the D&BJct merged with the Dublin and Drogheda Railway, forming the Northern Railway of Ireland., which in turn was one the companies that amalgamated to form the Great Northern Railway of Ireland in 1876.