Stranorlar railway station

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Stranorlar

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Stranorlar station, County Donegal Railways Joint Committee, 1948 (geograph 5307210).jpg
27 March 1948
General information
Location Stranorlar, County Donegal
Ireland
Coordinates 54°48′05″N7°46′26″W / 54.8014°N 7.7740°W / 54.8014; -7.7740
History
Opened3 September 1863
Closed6 February 1960
Post-grouping Finn Valley Railway
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Town Bridge Halt   Finn Valley Railway
Strabane to Stranorlar
 Terminus
Terminus  West Donegal Railway
Stranorlar to Druminin
  Meenglas Halt
Ballybofey   Donegal Railway Company
Glenties to Stranorlar
 Terminus

Stranorlar railway station served the village of Stranorlar in County Donegal, Ireland.

The station opened on 3 September 1863 on the Finn Valley Railway line from Strabane to Stranorlar.

One of the first acts of the new Donegal Railway Company was to convert the former Finn Valley Railway from Strabane to Stranorlar from 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) to 3 ft (914 mm) gauge, which it completed on 16 July 1894. [1]

The later railway extensions to Donegal by the West Donegal Railway and via Fintown railway station to Glenties by the Donegal Railway Company.

Stranorlar became the headquarters of the successor company, the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee.

It closed to passenger services on 31 December 1959. Goods trains continued to run between Stranorlar and Strabane until 6 February 1960

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References

  1. The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland, William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984