• Source: Finn Valley Railway

      • The Finn Valley Railway (FVR) was a 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) gauge railway in Ireland.


      History




      = Incorporation

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      The Finn Valley Railway Company was incorporated on 15 May 1860 with capital of £60,000 (equivalent to £7,120,000 in 2023).


      = Personnel

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      The Chairman of the directors was The 4th Viscount Lifford, whose seat was Meenglass Castle, just south-east of Ballybofey, and the Deputy-Chairman was James Thompson Macky of the Bank of Ireland in Derry.
      The other directors were:

      Robert Collum, 1 Chester Place, Hyde Park Square, London
      Edward Hunter, The Glebe, Blackheath, Kent
      Maurice Ceely Maude, Lenaghan, Enniskillen
      Sir Samuel Hercules Hayes, 4th Baronet, Leuaghan, Stranorlar
      Robert Russell, Salthill, Mountcharles
      Major Humphreys, Milltown House, Strabane
      The other offices of the company were:

      James Alex Ledlie, Stranorlar, Secretary
      Peter W. Barlow, 26 Great George Street, Westminster, Consulting Engineer
      John Bower, Engineer


      = Opening

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      A 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) gauge rail line between Stranorlar and Strabane was opened on 1 October 1863.


      = Operation

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      The directors entered into a contract with the Irish North Western Railway to work the line for a period of 10 years. This company became amalgamated with the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) in 1876.


      = Merger and gauge conversion

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      In 1892, the line merged with the West Donegal Railway into a new company, the Donegal Railway Company. The line from Stranorlar to Strabane was reconstructed to (3 ft (914 mm)) gauge shortly afterwards.


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