Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway

Introduction

This light railway ran from Dromod [CandLR] to Belturbert [CandLR] with a branch from Ballinamore to Arigna.





Dates

  /  /1883Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway
Incorporated. Act for a narrow gauge line from Dromod (exchange with the Sligo Branch (Midland Great Western Railway)) via Ballinamore [Leitrim] to Belturbet (exchange with the Belturbet Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway)). Act includes a branch from Ballinamore [Leitrim] to Arigna.
  /  /1885Belturbet Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway)
Opened from Ballyhaise to Belturbet, which became a point of interchange with the Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway.
  /  /1887Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway
Opened from Dromod to Belturbet.
24/10/1887Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway
Adoon opened.
  /  /1888Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway
Arigna branch, a roadside tramway, opened from Ballinamore to Arigna.
  /  /1895Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway
Renamed Cavan and Leitrim Railway.
  /  /1920Aughabehy Extension Railway
Opened from Arigna (Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway) to Derreenavoggy coal pits and Aughabehy incline.
18/12/1920Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway
Adoon closed.
03/01/1921Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway
Adoon re-opened
  /  /1959Belturbet Branch (Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway)
Closed with the closure of the Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway.
01/04/1959Cavan, Leitrim and Roscommon Light Railway and Tramway Aughabehy Extension Railway
Line closed completely. (Adoon closed.)

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Dromod to Belturbert

The narrow gauge Cavan and Leitrim Railway goods shed at Dromod in 1993. The CIE station can be seen in the background with the Sligo branch running ...
Bill Roberton //1993
Contemplating the task that lies ahead. Scene inside the partially restored Cavan & Leitrim Railway shed at Dromod in 1993. A section of the 3ft gauge ...
Bill Roberton //1993
Alongside the CIE station at Dromod on the Sligo branch stands a second station, opened in 1887 by the 3ft gauge Cavan & Leitrim Railway. Closed in ...
Bill Roberton //1993
Scene at the rear of the Cavan & Leitrim station building at Dromod in 1993, with Hudson-Hunslet 2659 on display. The narrow gauge diesel locomotive ...
Bill Roberton //1993


Ballinamore to Arigna