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Ghost Stations - Disused Railway Stations in County Down, Northern Ireland

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Thanks for watching.... 1. Ardglass railway station 2. Ashfield Halt railway station 3. Ballygowan Halt railway station 4. Ballygowan railway station 5. Ballygrainey railway station 6. Ballykinlar Halt railway station 7. Ballymacarrett railway station 8. Ballynahinch Junction railway station 9. Ballynahinch railway station 10. Ballynoe railway station 11. Ballyroney railway station 12. Ballyward railway station 13. Banbridge (BJR) railway station 14. Banbridge (BLBR) railway station 15. Bright Halt railway station 16. Castlewellan railway station 17. Comber railway station 18. Coney Island railway station 19. Conlig railway station 20. Corbet railway station 21. Crawfordsburn railway station 22. Creevyargon Halt railway station 23. Crossgar railway station 24. Damhead railway station 25. Donaghadee railway station 26. Downpatrick Racecourse Platform railway station 27. Downpatrick railway station 28. Dromore railway station 29. Drumadonald railway station 30. Dundonald railway station 31. Dundrum railway station 32. Hillsborough railway station 33. Katesbridge railway station 34. Killough railway station 35. King's Bridge Halt railway station 36. Laurencetown railway station 37. Leitrim railway station 38. Lenaderg railway station 39. Magherabeg railway station 40. Millisle Road Halt railway station 41. Mullafernaghan railway station 42. Newcastle railway station 43. Newtownards railway station 44. Poland's Bridge Halt railway station 45. Saintfield railway station 46. Shepherd's Bridge Halt railway station 47. Smyth's Siding railway station 48. Tullymurry railway station Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disused_railway_stations_in_County_Down Music : Ghost Walk,Silent Partner; YouTube Audio Library Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains. An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high passenger numbers. Notable cases where railway stations have fallen into disuse include the Beeching Axe, a 1960s programme of mass closures of unprofitable railway lines by the British Government. The London Underground system is also noted for its list of closed stations. During the time of the Berlin Wall, a number of Berlin U-Bahn stations on West Berlin lines became "ghost stations" (Geisterbahnhöfe) because they were on lines which passed through East Berlin territory. Railway stations and lines which fall into disuse may become overgrown. Some former railway lines are repurposed as managed nature reserves, trails or other tourist attractions - for example Hellfire Pass, the route of the former "Death Railway" in Thailand. Many former railways are converted into long-distance cycleways, such as large sections of the National Cycle Network in the United Kingdom. In rural areas, former railway station buildings are often converted into private residences. Examples include many of the stations on the closed Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. Architecturally and historically notable station buildings may present a problem if they are protected under building preservation laws but fall into disuse. Such buildings are often simply demolished (such as Broad Street railway station (London); a similar fate threatens Michigan Central Station), or they may be preserved as part of a heritage railway. Often, in order to be retained as commercially viable structures within an urban environment, or as part of an urban regeneration project, they may be repurposed for alternative activities. Prominent examples include the ornate Gare d'Orsay in Paris.