Dargan, William
Dates
| 11/04/1833 | Dublin and Kingstown Railway Construction begins, at Dunleary. Contractor William Dargan. |
| 12/08/1839 | Ulster Railway Opened from Belfast [Glengall Place] to Lisburn. Contractor William Dargan. The gauge was 6ft 2in. |
| / /1844 | Great Southern and Western Railway Authorised. Line to run from Dublin Kingsbridge (Dublin Heuston) to Cashel, County Tipperary, with a branch to Carlow. Contractors McCormick and William Dargan. |
| / /1847 | Howth Branch (Dublin and Drogheda Railway) Completed by William Dargan. Branch doubled. |
| / /1848 | Waterford and Limerick Railway Opened from Limerick to Tipperary. Contractor William Dargan. |
| 12/04/1848 | Belfast and Ballymena Railway Opened from Belfast [York Road] to Carrickfergus [1st], Ballymena [1st] and Randalstown. A single track network built by William Dargan. The Randalstown branch was meant to meet the never built Dublin, Belfast and Coleraine Junction Railway. |
| /07/1849 | Midland Great Western Railway Construction of Mullingar to Athlone [MGWR] and Galway begins. Contractor William Dargan. |
| / /1851 | Dublin, Dundrum and Rathfarnham Railway Taken over and built by the Dublin and Wicklow Railway providing a route independent of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway into Dublin. Contractor William Dargan. |
| /08/1851 | Waterford and Limerick Railway Worked by William Dargan. |
| 15/04/1853 | Waterford and Limerick Railway Extended from Clonmel to Fiddown and Portlaw. Contactor William Dargan. |
| /05/1853 | Waterford and Limerick Railway Ceased to be worked by William Dargan. |
| 05/09/1853 | Waterford and Tramore Railway Official opening. Contractor William Dargan. |
| 10/07/1854 | Dublin and Wicklow Railway Dalkey [2nd] to Shanganagh Junction [1st] opened, contractor William Dargan. Killiney [1st] opened. |
| 10/07/1854 | Dublin and Wicklow Railway Dublin Harcourt Road to Shanganagh Junction [1st] to Bray opened. Dublin Harcourt Road, Dundrum, Stillorgan, Carrickmines, Shankill [1st], Bray opened. Contractor William Dargan. |
| / /1855 | Dublin and Wicklow Railway Line extended from Bray south to Wicklow [1st]. (The first portion runs on clifftops along the coast to Delgany. The route was to avoid Bray Head.) Contractor William Dargan. |
| / /1856 | Limerick and Foynes Railway Opened from Limerick to Rathkeale [1st] (contractor William Dargan). |
| / /1859 | Banbridge Junction Railway Line opened from Scarva (Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway) to Banbridge [1st]. Built by William Dargan. |
| 28/11/1994 | Cross Harbour Link Opens to link Yorkgate, temporary terminus of the former Belfast and Ballymena Railway, to the new Lagan Junction on the Belfast Central Railway. The line is largely on viaducts and is single track with a passing loop at Donegall Quay [Belfast], site of a planned station. Londonderry trains cease running via Crumlin and return to the route via Whiteabbey. The viaduct, 4,675ft, is named for William Dargan. |
