6th Sept 1990

Enterprise, ready for lift off! This is the 11.00 Dublin Connolly to Belfast Central, standing ready to depart behind Northern Ireland Railways 111 Class no. 113 "Belfast & Co. Down".
I took this train to Belfast, or at least, that was my intention. Unfortunately it only got as far as Portadown, where we were all put onto a bus to Lurgan, where we had an NIR 80 Class DEMU waiting to take us on to Belfast. That comprised car nos. 62+735+772. Why no. 113's train was terminated at Portadown I cannot recall.
I took this train to Belfast, or at least, that was my intention. Unfortunately it only got as far as Portadown, where we were all put onto a bus to Lurgan, where we had an NIR 80 Class DEMU waiting to take us on to Belfast. That comprised car nos. 62+735+772. Why no. 113's train was terminated at Portadown I cannot recall.
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