downpatrick railway museum

The only Irish Standard Gauge 1600mm (5'3'') working Railway Museum. The Terminus 150 metres from St Patrick's Heritage Centre. Housing steam and diesel locomotives, century old carriages, rebuilt signal cabin and engine shed. The railway carries passengers over 1m and is currently being extended to an eventual total of about 11km, both southwards to Ballydugan and northwards across the marshes and the River Quoile to the tranquil 12th century ruins of Inch Abbey.

Ask about the train rides along a restored section of the BCDR Belfast-Newcastle main line to the grave of Magnus Barefoot, a Viking king. Footplate driving courses. The railway operates every Saturday and Sunday in July and the first two weekends in September.