/ /1853 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Incorporated. |
/ /1859 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Re-authorised. |
/ /1861 | Buncrana Branch (Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway) Branch to Buncrana authorised. |
/ /1863 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Opened from Londonderry Graving Dock to Farland Point on Lough Swilly as a 5ft 3in line. |
/ /1864 | Buncrana Branch (Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway) Opened from Junction to Buncrana. Farland Point was left as a short branch from the junction. |
/ /1866 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Junction to Farland Point closed. |
/ /1868 | Buncrana Branch (Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway) Fahan Pier replaces Farland Point, a short siding being opened for goods. |
/ /1868 | Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners
Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Lines linked by quayside railway over the double decked Carlisle Bridge [Londonderry] . Access to the line on the lower deck over the Foyle was by means of turnplates. |
/ /1869 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Agreement allows trains access from Londonderry Graving Dock over the Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners line to Londonderry Middle Quay, a new platform closer to the city centre. |
/ /1883 | Letterkenny Railway Opened from Burnfoot Junction (on the site of the former Junction) (Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway) to Letterkenny [LR], the first portion reusing just over 2 miles of the former approach to Farland Point which closed in 1866. |
/ /1885 | Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners Third rail laid over Carlisle Bridge [Londonderry] to accommodate the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway's 3ft wagons. |
/03/1885 | Glenariff Railway and Harbour Co Sale of assets, including locomotives to the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway. |
28/03/1885 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Following conversion from 5ft 2in to 3ft, the wider gauge trains are withdrawn. In Londonderry 5ft 2in gauge locomotives are used to draw 3ft gauge trains to Londonderry Middle Quay. |
/04/1885 | Buncrana Branch (Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway) Converted from 5ft 2in to 3ft. |
01/10/1887 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Trains cease working to Londonderry Middle Quay over the Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners. |
/ /1896 | Carndonagh Extension Railway
Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway Government funded Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway branches authorised. |
/ /1920 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
Letterkenny Railway Burnfoot Junction renamed Tooban Junction. |
/ /1929 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Starts operating buses. |
04/04/1931 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Passenger trains restart as road network not up to standard. |
21/06/1931 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Passenger trains withdrawn, replaced by buses, except to Carndonagh. |
03/06/1940 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
Letterkenny Railway
Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway Passenger trains withdrawn. Letterkenny [LR] to Burtonport closed. |
/03/1943 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
Letterkenny Railway
Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway Londonderry Graving Dock to Gweedore re-opened to passenger specials. |
/06/1947 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
Letterkenny Railway
Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway Closed to passengers. Gweedore to Letterkenny [LR] closed. |
10/08/1953 | Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway
Buncrana Branch (Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway)
Letterkenny Railway Closed. Letterkenny [LR] to Tooban Junction, Buncrana to Tooban Junction and Tooban Junction to Londonderry Graving Dock closed. |
This line is divided into a number of portions.
This was the original Derry / Londonderry terminus of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway. The line ran north and then west to reach Farland Point on Lough Swilly.
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This halt opened by the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway's locomotive shed and works....
MoreThis was a single platform station to the east of a level crossing. The platform was on the north side, with the station building at the west end. Opposite the platform was a loop. Complete closure was in 1953....
MoreThis was a single platform station, with the platform on the east side of the line. To the south was a siding serving the Burnfoot Brick Works, served from the south. Complete closure was in 1953....
MoreThis junction station, an interchange platform, opened with the opening of a branch to Buncrana in 1864. By 1866 trains to the original terminus at Farland Point ceased.
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This station opened near the former Trady Point (lost during land reclamation in the area, it was to the south) between the pier terminus at Farland Point and Junction.
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Here the Letterkenny Railway met the relaid Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway line from Tooban Junction to Farland Point. This had been lifted in 1866 and its relaying and conversion of the L&LSR to 3 ft gauge allowed the Letterkenny to open to Londonderry. Thus it was not a true...
MoreThis was the original terminus of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway on Loch Swilly. There was a pier.
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