Donegal Railway Company
| Industry | railway |
|---|---|
| Fate | taken over |
| Successor | County Donegal Railways Joint Committee |
| Founded | 1892 |
| Defunct | 1906 |
| Headquarters | Stranorlar, Donegal, Ireland |
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Area served
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Donegal |
The Donegal Railway Company (DR) was an 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway in Ireland.
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 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.
Further new lines were built with a Government grant of £300,000 (equivalent to £29,400,000 in 2015),:
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.
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