Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway
Former Rail operating company in Ireland
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| Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway | |
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Tanderagee railway station in 1981 on the Belfast-Newry railway line | |
| Overview | |
| Status | Closed |
| Locale | North of Ireland (geographically, not the nation) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1849 |
| Completed | 1855 |
| Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway Act 1845 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act for making a Railway from Drogheda to Portadown, with a Branch to Navan. |
| Citation | 8 & 9 Vict. c. cxxx |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 21 July 1845 |
| Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Amendment Act 1847 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to authorize the Sale to the Dublin and Drogheda Railway Company of the Navan Branch of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, and to enable the Dublin and Drogheda, the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company with a Branch from Drogheda to Navan, the Ulster, and the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Companies, or any of them to amalgamate with one another. |
| Citation | 10 & 11 Vict. c. cxi |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 2 July 1847 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Amendment Act 1853 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company, and for other Purposes. |
| Citation | 16 & 17 Vict. c. xix |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 13 May 1853 |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Act 1864 | |
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to alter and regulate the Capital and Borrowing Powers of the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company; and for other Purposes. |
| Citation | 27 & 28 Vict. c. xii |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 April 1864 |
The Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway (D&BJct) was an Irish gauge (5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)) railway in Ireland. The company was incorporated by the Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway Act 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. cxxx) and opened its line in stages between 1849 and 1853, with the final bridge over the River Boyne opening in 1855. It linked the Ulster Railway (UR) from Belfast to Portadown and Dublin and Drogheda Railway (D&D) from Drogheda to Dublin, completing the missing link in the Belfast–Dublin line.
History
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.[1]
Route
The D&BJct line from Drogheda to Portadown connected the Ulster Railway's Armagh – Portadown – Belfast Great Victoria Street 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 (D&D), forming the Northern Railway of Ireland.[2] This was in turn one of the companies that amalgamated to form the Great Northern Railway of Ireland in 1876.
