Irish North Western Railway
54°20′49″N7°38′24″W/ 54.347°N 7.640°W
Industry | railway |
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Predecessor | Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway |
Founded | 1862 |
Defunct | 1876 |
Fate | merged |
Successor | Great Northern Railway (Ireland) |
Headquarters | , |
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.
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]- ^Hajducki 1974,15.
- ^abcHajducki 1974,map 16
- ^abcdHajducki 1974,map 7
- ^FitzGerald 1995,p. 1
- ^Hajducki 1974,map 14
- ^abcHajducki 1974,p. xiii
- ^Hajducki 1974,map 15
- ^Hajducki 1974,map 6
- ^Baker 1972,pp. 153, 207.
- ^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.
- Closed railways in Northern Ireland
- Railway companies established in 1862
- Railway companies disestablished in 1876
- Irish gauge railways
- Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
- Defunct railway companies of Ireland
- Transport in County Cavan
- Transport in County Fermanagh
- Transport in County Monaghan
- 1862 establishments in Ireland