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Donegal Railway Company
The Donegal Railway Company (DR) was a 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway in Ireland.
The company was formed via the Donegal Railway Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. clxi) on 27 June 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 £41,200,000 in 2023),:
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, under the Great Northern (Ireland) and Midland Railways Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. clxxxiii).
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Donegal Railway Company
The Donegal Railway Company (DR) was a 3 ft (914 mm) gauge railway in Ireland.
The company was formed via the Donegal Railway Act 1892 (55 & 56 Vict. c. clxi) on 27 June 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 £41,200,000 in 2023),:
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, under the Great Northern (Ireland) and Midland Railways Act 1906 (6 Edw. 7. c. clxxxiii).