Old Northern Ireland Railway maps

chunter

I'm trying to track down a map of the the old Northern Ireland rail system.

I've found the northern section
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NCCmap1932.svg

but I can't find a map of the southern section. Can anyone help?

Also found this (timetable from 1922)
http://www.cdrrl.com/Documents/CDRtimetables/cdrtt1922d.pdf

Got it!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Map_Rail_Ireland_Viceregal_Commission_1906.jpg
From 1906. completely astonshing. Where did it all go wrong?

sleepymy

Have you tried the railway museum in Downpatrick?

tedstriker

chunter wrote: »

I'm trying to track down a map of the the old Northern Ireland rail system.

I've found the northern section
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NCCmap1932.svg

but I can't find a map of the southern section. Can anyone help?

Also found this (timetable from 1922)
http://www.cdrrl.com/Documents/CDRtimetables/cdrtt1922d.pdf

Got it!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e4/Map_Rail_Ireland_Viceregal_Commission_1906.jpg
From 1906. completely astonshing. Where did it all go wrong?

Wow, that from 1906 is really cool. It is hard to imagine being able to travel by train to all those towns in NI. Such a shame the rail network now is so limited (and overpriced on a moneysaving point of view!)

Pretani

chunter, thanks for the maps they are fantastic. Can't believe there were so many railway lines in the past, let's hope many of them can be restored. Whoever invented the automobile should've been shot:rotfl:

For those who may be interested there's a Railway museum in Whitehead. From that site you can book return excursions from Whitehead to Dublin on steam engines. :T