Finn Valley Railway


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 Lifford, whose seat was Meenglass Castle, just south-east of Ballybofey, and the Deputy-Chairman was James Thompson Macky of the Bank of Ireland in Derry.
The other directors were:
The other offices of the company were:
They built a railway line to Irish gauge between Stranorlar and Strabane which opened on 1 October 1863.

Operation

The directors entered into a contract with the Irish North Western Railway to work the line for a period of 10 years. This company became amalgamated with the Great Northern Railway in 1876.

Merger and gauge conversion

In 1892 it merged with the West Donegal Railway into a new company, the Donegal Railway Company. The line from Stranorlar to Strabane was reconstructed to gauge shortly afterwards.

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