Strabane and Letterkenny Railway
Introduction
This line was the last narrow gauge passenger railway opened in Ireland, in 1909. It remained independent, despite support from other lines.
Dates
| / /1904 | Strabane, Raphoe and Convoy Railway Renamed Strabane and Letterkenny Railway. Although a 3ft line it was supported by the Great Northern Railway [Ireland], whose support allowed extension of its proposed route to go beyond Convoy to reach Letterkenny [SandLR]. |
| / /1909 | Strabane and Letterkenny Railway Opened from Strabane [DR] (County Donegal Railways Joint Committee) to Letterkenny [SandLR] and connection to Letterkenny [LandLSR]. Operated by the CDRJC. |
| 01/01/1960 | County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
Finn Valley Railway
West Donegal Railway
Donegal Railway Station Co
Killybegs Branch (Donegal Railway)
Ballyshannon Branch (Donegal Railway)
Strabane and Letterkenny Railway
Entire remaining CDRJC system closed. Buses continue to be operated. |
| / /1971 | County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
Strabane and Letterkenny Railway Joint Committee and S&LR are wound up and services passed to bus division of the Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE). |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Strabane to Letterkenny
This was the terminus of the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway. It is now a bus station.
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SP 62, an Irizar bodied Scania of Bus Éireann, bound for Galway at the former County Donegal Railway station which now serves as Letterkenny bus ...Douglas Blades 10/07/2018
Exterior of the former County Donegal Railway station building at Letterkenny now serving as the town's bus station and showing the modern extension ...Douglas Blades 10/07/2018
The former County Donegal Railway terminal station building at Letterkenny, now very nicely restored and continuing in use as a bus station, which it ...Douglas Blades 10/07/2018
Interior of the former County Donegal Railway station building at Letterkenny now very nicely restored in what appears to have been a recent ...Douglas Blades 10/07/2018
Books
 Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5 | The Perth and Dunkeld Railway |
