Location type

Station

Name and dates

Farland Point (1864-1866)

Opened on the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway.

Description

This was the original terminus of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway on Loch Swilly. There was a pier.

With land reclamation in the area this was the first deepwater reached by the line. The terminus was west of the Inch Embankment. From the pier ferries continued to locations on Lough Swilly. This terminus was part of the vision to connect the River Foyle to Loch Swilly, originally planned as a canal.

After the opening of the Buncrana branch this became the minor branch and, after a period of horse operation from Junction, the line closed in 1866. The pier was moved to Fahan Pier, a new terminus of the Buncrana line, in 1868.

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