Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway

Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway

Industry	railway
Fate	taken over
Successor	Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Founded	1845
Defunct	1883
Headquarters	Derry, Ireland
Area served	Donegal, Fermanagh, Co. Londonderry, Tyrone

[ ] Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway

Londonderry Foyle Road Carrigans St. Johnston Porthall River Foyle River Foyle 6 Finn Valley Railway to Stranorlar Sion Mills 6 (private station) Victoria Bridge Newtownstewart Mountjoy Halt Omagh Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway to Portadown Fintona Junction Fintona Dromore Road Trillick Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway to Bundoran Bundoran Junction Ballinamallard Gortaloughan Halt Enniskillen Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway to Sligo Irish North Western Railway to Clones

Coordinates: 54°59′38″N 7°19′34″W / 54.994°N 7.326°W / 54.994; -7.326

The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (L&ER) was an Irish gauge (5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)) railway in Ireland.

The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway was incorporated in 1845. Construction began at Derry and followed the west bank of the River Foyle southwards 12 miles (19 km) to Strabane, which was reached in 1847. The L&ER's terminus in Derry was Londonderry Foyle Road station on the west bank of the River Foyle.

Income from the line was lower than projected and capital to extend the line further south was not raised until 1850. The line was continued up the Mourne Valley via Newtownstewart, where the river name changes to the Strule, then continued up river to Omagh, both towns being reached in 1852. The line reached its summit at Fintona, County Tyrone, in 1853. Its final extension was from Fintona Junction, descending southwestwards to its terminus at Enniskillen, reached in 1854. Fintona Junction was just north of the town of Fintona, leaving the short stretch from the Junction to the town as a small branch line.

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