Neill's Hill railway station
Neill's Hill railway station is a disused railway station / halt on the main line of the Belfast and County Down Railway. It ran from Queen's Quay, Belfast south to Newcastle, County Down in Northern Ireland. When the Belfast and County Down Railway was open, Neill's Hill railway station was the 4th station from Queen's Quay, Belfast. After traversing Ballymacarrett Junction (where a station existed at Ballymacarrett on the Bangor Line) the preceding stations were Fraser Street Halt and Bloomfield. The stations following Neill's Hill were Knock, Dundonald, Henryville Halt, Comber, Ballygowan, Shepherd's Bridge Halt, Saintfield, Ballynahinch Junction, Crossgar, King's Bridge Halt, Downpatrick North Junction, Downpatrick, Downpatrick South Junction, Downpatrick Loop Platform, Tullymurry (old), Tullymurry (new), Ballykinlar, Dundrum, Junction with Castlewellan line and the terminus at Newcastle railway station in Newcastle. History Ballycloughan Road (Knock Road) BCDR built the main line from Belfast Queen's Quay to Newtownards in 1850 with both passengers and goods being carried. The railway was now serving the villages of Ballyhackamore and Gilnahirk. The railway was to encourage the development of those villages into the outlying Belfast suburbs of today. There was a level crossing at Ballyclougan Nursery on the Ballycloughan Road. This road was later