Newly-released government papers show Stormont looked at a rail line from Donaghadee to Portpatrick.
Stormont considered building a 23-mile 'Ulster Tunnel' railway line from Donaghadee to Portpatrick in ScotlandLong before any 'Boris bridge' Stormont considered building a 23-mile 'Ulster Tunnel' railway line from Donaghadee to Portpatrick in Scotland.
In 1961, a member of Moira Rural Council, George McCartney, called for the then Stormont government to investigate building a tunnel between Donaghadee in Northern Ireland and Portpatrick in Scotland.the Deputy Keeper of the Records, the Public RecorCouncils in Ballyclare, Omagh, Limavady, Ballymena and Dungannon all backed the tunnel proposal
Prof Wells said the tunnel would create "significant revenue" due to "the carriage of passengers with private cars and commercial vehicles in excess of present capacity by sea". He estimated that 600,000 vehicles would use the rail tunnel in 1971 and suggested charges of £2 per vehicle and £1 per passenger.
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