Strabane (CDR) railway station was one of two terminals serving
Strabane
Strabane ( ; ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
Strabane had a population of 13,172 at the 2011 Census. It lies on the east bank of the River Foyle. It is roughly midway from Omagh, Derry and Letterkenny. The River Foyle marks ...
,
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an admini ...
in
Northern Ireland
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.
The
Finn Valley Railway
The Finn Valley Railway (FVR) was a gauge railway in Ireland.
History
Incorporation
The Finn Valley Railway Company was incorporated on 15 May 1860 with capital of £60,000 ().
Personnel
The Chairman of the directors was The 4th Viscount Lif ...
operated an Irish Gauge route to
Stranorlar
Stranorlar () is a town, townland and civil parish in the Finn Valley of County Donegal, in Ireland. Stranorlar and Ballybofey (located on the other side of the River Finn) form ''the Twin Towns''.
Transport
The town is located at the junctio ...
from
Strabane (GNI) railway station from 7 September 1863. When this route was converted to on 16 July 1894 the
Donegal Railway Company
The Donegal Railway Company (DR) was a gauge railway in Ireland.
History
The company was formed in 1892 by a merger of the Finn Valley Railway and the West Donegal Railway.
One of the first acts of the new company was to convert the former F ...
built Strabane (CDR) railway station adjacent to the existing
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I) or GNRI) was an Irish gauge () railway company in Ireland. It was formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW), Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway. The government ...
railway station. The two stations were connected by a footbridge.
The station was also later the terminus for the
Strabane and Letterkenny Railway
The Strabane and Letterkenny Railway was a narrow gaugeJohnson's Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland, Stephen Johnson, Midland Publishing Limited, 1997, railway line between Strabane, County Tyrone and Letterkenny, County Donegal in I ...
which operated from 1909. The station closed on 1 January 1960.
The site is now occupied by an
Asda
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supermarket car park.
Routes
References
Disused railway stations in County Tyrone
Railway stations opened in 1894
Railway stations closed in 1960
1894 establishments in Ireland
1960 disestablishments in Northern Ireland
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