Overview | |
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Headquarters | Stranorlar, Donegal |
Dates of operation | 27 June 1892–1 May 1906 |
Predecessors | Finn Valley Railway, West Donegal Railway |
Successor | County Donegal Railways Joint Committee |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
Previous gauge | 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) |
The Donegal Railway Company (DR) was a 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway in Ireland.
The company was formed on 27 June 1892 by a merger of the Finn Valley Railway and the West Donegal Railway.[1]
One of the first acts of the new 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.[2]
Further new lines were built with a Government grant of £300,000 (equivalent to £34,700,000 in 2021),[3]:
Other extensions followed later:
In 1906 it was obtained by the joint interest of the Great Northern Railway of Ireland and the Midland Railway Northern Counties Committee which set up a new company, the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee.