Downpatrick & County Down Railway

The Downpatrick and County Down Railway runs vintage steam and diesel trains through the drumlin countryside of County Down over the River Quoile to Inch Abbey

[Belfast News Letter @News_Letter]

First Ulsterman in driver's seat of UK train body: Chair of Downpatrick and County Down Railway on heritage organisation's board of directors https://t.co/amcGEGp8oa

[South Eastern Regional College @S_ERC]

Shea McKee, a Level 3 Creative Media student at our Downpatrick Campus, has been Highly Commended in the national Young Volunteer of the Year category at the Heritage Railway Association Annual Awards.

https://t.co/GtW0PweLV7

#BetterOffAtSERC

[The Irish News @irish_news]

Co Down heritage railway’s St Patrick’s Day service goes ahead following vandalism incident https://t.co/A9BJy3jz8A

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

“Once those tracks are lifted, that’s them lifted for good.”

A heritage railway charity has appealed to the Infrastructure Minister to rethink plans for a greenway along the old railway line from Downpatrick to Ardglass. Read more ➡️ https://t.co/b8KuiAMAPU

[Downpatrick & County Down Railway @downrail]

@bmw_racing @BelTel The reporter insisted on it!

[Downpatrick & County Down Railway @downrail]

@NaomiNiCathain @BelTel Depends on circumstances. Some, like the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway are narrow gauge (i.e. much smaller) or on former double track formations with more room. We are neither.

[Angel Eyes NI @Angeleyes_ni]

All aboard the Lapland Express!

We treated our families to a fun day out to Downpatrick and County Down Railway and went on a lovely, hot chocolate and shortbread accompanied ride through the drumlin countryside.

Thank you to everyone for making it such a special day!

[The King's Award @KingsAwardVS]

@Aerobility The volunteers of Downpatrick and County Down Railway Society Limited (@downrail) in Northern Ireland are delivering a transformative initiative managing their heritage railway and museum into an anchor attraction for Downpatrick.

#KAVS2025

https://t.co/AVG6KtbMZ8

[Downpatrick & County Down Railway @downrail]

You might recognise a few familiar faces at the end of this video...

[Department for Culture, Media and Sport @DCMS]

Congratulations to 231 amazing voluntary organisations from across the UK receiving a @KingsAwardVS today 👑 #KAVS2025

https://t.co/nMFdlsa9Jo

[Downpatrick & County Down Railway @downrail]

We are honoured to announce that we have been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service 2025 - the MBE for volunteer organisations.

In our 40th year, this recognises the dedication, resilience and passion of everyone who has volunteered with us

#KAVS2025

[Social Enterprise NI @socentni]

Highly commended Team: @downrail and @SAG_CreditUnion

These teams couldn't be separated. Well done folks.

Sponsored by @HaysNews

#SocEntNIAwards25 #TeamWork #TogetherWeRise #SocialImpact

[Downpatrick & County Down Railway @downrail]

@mark395625 @SteelCityDog_ @B_railway_dog That photo is indeed ours, recently donated to scheme in Wales. As a prototype it has all the issues that were later ironed out on the Pacers, and we simply didn't have the time or resources to do what BR did.

[Belfast News Letter @News_Letter]

The Downpatrick and County Down Railway has added a "remarkable" piece of Irish railway history to its museum collection
https://t.co/BqZGXYtsZP

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

An iconic Irish railway wagon given its name because of its unique bubble shape has been rescued by a Co Down heritage charity with hopes it will get a second lease of life on display.

➡️https://t.co/6dGbfSZfZX
https://t.co/6dGbfSZfZX

[IRSE @IRSEglobal]

Join us in Belfast on Thursday 18 Sept for an #IRSE Irish Section technical visit to Downpatrick and County Down Railway, celebrating its fortieth anniversary.

Full details and registration ➡️ https://t.co/O3BboSYRZL

#IRSEevent #IRSEireland #Rail #RailUK

[Downpatrick & County Down Railway @downrail]

@Fakelol666_ We have plenty of spares. 99 was acquired by ELR for spares and we know the guys there. There was hope that it might be possible to regauge it to run, but ultimately it proved beyond their means.

[Downpatrick & County Down Railway @downrail]

@Fakelol666_ @neymarsu05 Yes but just making sure anyone who follows this thread doesn't take it as gospel.

[Downpatrick & County Down Railway @downrail]

@eamonn_gormley @lwp___ @CircleLineBT @IntoTheWestRail @FundTheNINE @EmmaCDeSouza @bradley_steve @PARS_info @ianjamesparsley @antrim_group @grok Guinness traffic to Adelaide stopped around 2003, marking the last rail freightin NI.

https://t.co/XKkTv7G8VV

[Downpatrick & County Down Railway @downrail]

@Escarblow Cheers for calling our founders "two aul fellas."