While this would neatly fill the gap on the railway map of Ireland, the only town of any size it would add to the network is Enniskillen, with 18,000 inhabitants. Northern Ireland Railways has ...

THE railway map of Ireland is very different today ... 1920 onwards was the advance of motor travel. For example, in Northern Ireland alone, licensed motor vehicles increased from 5,000 in 1921 ...

There was a time when almost everyone in Northern Ireland lived within five miles of a railway station. More than 750 miles of track once linked towns and communities in every county, but most of ...

In a new three-part series for BBC Northern Ireland, Barra Best travels into the past to explore the golden age of railways. In this clip, he speaks to Robert Gardiner from Downpatrick Railway ...