HC Deb 11 June 1901 vol 97 cc103-4
MR. DILLON

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state what steps have been taken by the Great Northern Railway Company of Ireland to carry out their undertaking for the extension of the Bunbridge and Ballyroney line to Castlewellan, county Down, and what steps have been taken by the Belfast and County Down Railway Company to- wards the construction of the section from Castlewellan to Newcastle.

THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. WYNDHAM,) Dover

Information has been obtained from the Great Northern Railway Company of Ireland that arrangements are in progress for carrying out the extension of their line of railway from Ballyroney to Castlewellan; also from the Belfast and County Down Railway Company to the effect that they are making arrangements for the construction of the line from Castlewellan to Newcastle, which they hope to complete well within the time provided for in the Act.