Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway

Introduction

This closed line ran south from Londonderry through Omagh to Enniskillen.




Dates

  /  /1845Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Incorporated.
19/04/1846Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Opened from Londonderry [Cow Market] to Strabane [LandER].
18/04/1850Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Extended from Londonderry [Cow Market] to Londonderry [Foyle Road], the Cow Market station closes.
09/05/1852Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Extended from Strabane [LandER] to Newtownstewart.
13/09/1852Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Extended from Newtownstewart to Omagh [LandER].
  /  /1853Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Extended from Omagh [LandER] to Fintona.
  /  /1853Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Doubled from Newtownstewart and Omagh [LandER].
  /  /1854Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Extended from Fintona Junction (Fintona station being left on a short branch by the extension) to Dromore Road and Enniskillen [LandER]. Fintona Junction to Fintona was the operated by horse for passengers, steam for goods.
  /  /1859Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway
Extended from Lisbellaw to Enniskillen [LandER] (Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway station).
  /  /1860Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Enniskillen [LandER] closed, replaced by Enniskillen [DandER].
  /  /1862Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway
Renamed Irish North Western Railway with its lease of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway.
  /  /1863Finn Valley Railway
Opened from Strabane [LandER] (Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway) to Stranorlar.
  /  /1866Enniskillen, Bundoran and Sligo Railway
Opened from Lowtherstown Road (on the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway - the station later called Bundoran Junction) to Bundoran.
  /  /1868Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
Lines linked by quayside railway over the double decked Carlisle Bridge [Londonderry] . Access to the line on the lower deck over the Foyle was by means of turnplates.
  /  /1883Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Absorbed by Great Northern Railway [Ireland].
  /  /1883Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Railway
Omagh station rebuilt.
  /  /1883Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Singled from Newtownstewart and Omagh.
  /  /1884Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway
Opened from Victoria Bridge [LandER] (Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway) to Castlederg.
  /  /1894Enniskillen, Bundoran and Sligo Railway Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
North to west curve opened at Bundoran Junction.
  /  /1904Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Doubled from Londonderry Locomotive Yard (south of the station) to St Johnstown.
  /  /1906Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Londonderry [Foyle Road] renamed Londonderry Foyle Road.
  /  /1906Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Doubled from Londonderry Locomotive Yard (later Londonderry South Cabin) to Londonderry Foyle Road.
  /  /1932Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Singled from Londonderry South Cabin to St Johnstown.
01/10/1957Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Line closed from Omagh to Enniskillen [DandER] including the Fintona branch.
15/02/1965Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Railway Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Closure from Portadown Junction to Londonderry [Foyle Road] via Omagh. Traffic from Dublin for Donegal diverted via Coleraine instead.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Londonderry to Fintona

This was the terminus of the line to Enniskillen opening in 1850 to replace Londonderry [Cow Market]. It was located on the west bank of the Foyle and approached from the south.
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The former Foyle Valley Railway Museum at Londonderry, now closed, seen here on 2nd August 2018. The passenger station was behind the camera. ...
David Bosher 02/08/2018
Foyle Valley Railway Museum, Londonderry, in April 1996. The Museum is built on the site of the former Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (later ...
Ian Dinmore /04/1996


Fintona to Enniskillen