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Coordinates:54°20′49″N7°38′24″W/ 54.347°N 7.640°W/54.347; -7.640
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54°20′49″N7°38′24″W/ 54.347°N 7.640°W/54.347; -7.640

Irish North Western Railway
Industryrailway
PredecessorDundalk and Enniskillen Railway
Founded1862
Defunct1876
Fatemerged
SuccessorGreat Northern Railway (Ireland)
Headquarters
Dundalk
,
Ireland
Area served
County Cavan,Fermanagh,County Londonderry,County Donegal,County Louth,County Monaghan,County Tyrone

Irish North Western Railway(INW) was anIrish gauge(5 ft 3 in(1,600 mm)) railway company inIreland.

The stub of the line towardEnniskillenveering right with a train straight fromBrayheading forDundalk Clarke

Development[edit]

The company was founded as theDundalk and Enniskillen Railway(D&ER) and opened the first section of its line, fromDundalk Quay StreettoCastleblayney,in 1849.[1][2]In Dundalk the D&ER line crossed theDublin and Belfast Junction Railwaymain line, which was completed betweenDroghedaand its own separateDundalkstation in the same year.

The D&ER extended westwards, reachingBallybayin 1854,[2]Newblissin 1855[2]andLisbellawin 1858.[3]In 1859 the D&ER reachedEnniskillenwhere it connected with theLondonderry and Enniskillen Railway(L&ER).[3]The L&ER had been completed in 1854[3]but had been unprofitable, so in 1860 it leased its line in perpetuity to the D&ER.[4]This gave the D&ER a direct route between Dundalk andLondonderry Foyle Road.

In 1862 the INW opened a branch fromClonessouthwards toCavan.[5]In the same year the company renamed itself theIrish North Western Railway.[6]In 1863 theUlster Railwayreached Clones where it made a junction with the INW.[7]In 1868 theEnniskillen and Bundoran Railwayopened betweenBundoran JunctionandBundoran,[3][8]and contracted the INW to operate its line.[6]

In 1876 the INW merged with theNorthern Railway of Irelandand the Ulster Railway to form theGreat Northern Railway.[6]

After merger[edit]

The GNR operated the line between Dundalk and Enniskillen until 1957, when theGovernment of Northern Irelandmade theGNR Boardclose all cross-border lines except the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway mainline.[9][10]Córas Iompair Éireanncontinued a freight service between Dundalk and Clones for a few years, but withdrew this and closed the line in 1960.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^Hajducki 1974,15.
  2. ^abcHajducki 1974,map 16
  3. ^abcdHajducki 1974,map 7
  4. ^FitzGerald 1995,p. 1
  5. ^Hajducki 1974,map 14
  6. ^abcHajducki 1974,p. xiii
  7. ^Hajducki 1974,map 15
  8. ^Hajducki 1974,map 6
  9. ^Baker 1972,pp. 153, 207.
  10. ^abHajducki 1974,map 39

Sources[edit]

  • Baker, Michael H.C. (1972).Irish Railways since 1916.London:Ian Allan.pp. 153, 207.ISBN0-7110-0282-7.
  • Dewick, Tony (2002).Complete Atlas of Railway Station Names.Hersham:Ian Allan Publishing.maps 57, 58, 60.ISBN0-7110-2798-6.
  • FitzGerald, J.D. (1995).The Derry Road.Colourpoint Transport. Vol. 2. Gortrush:Colourpoint Press.ISBN1-898392-09-9.
  • Hajducki, S. Maxwell (1974).A Railway Atlas of Ireland.Newton Abbott:David & Charles.ISBN0-7153-5167-2.
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