Bleach Green

Bleach Green is a railway junction located in Newtownabbey where the Belfast to Larne railway line diverges from the Belfast to Derry route. The Bleach Green Junction is the only burrowing junction in the whole of Ireland.

History

There was a 4 platform station here, 2 serving the Larne Lines and 2 serving the Derry Lines. The junction station is long closed, although one of the platforms did survive until the Larne Line was relayed in 2006. The Junction lies 3/4 of a mile to the North of Whiteabbey Station.

Viaduct

There is a viaduct located at Bleach Green, which was completed in 1933 to allow trains to run between Belfast York Road Station and Ballymena without having to reverse at Greenisland (then Carrickfergus Junction). The viaduct was repainted and the junction relayed in 2001 for the reopening of the railway line between Belfast and Antrim.

See also

• Belfast–Larne railway line