Draperstown Railway

Derry Central Railway

Legend

Main Line
← to Derry~Londonderry│to Belfast→

Coleraine│Macfin

River Bann

Curragh Bridge Halt

Macosquin River Rhee

Aghadowey River Wee Agivey

Draperstown

Railway

Belfast & Ballymena Rly

Magherafelt

The Draperstown Railway was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

History

The line was built between 1881 and 1883, a short single-track branch line 8 miles (13 km) in length, to connect Magherafelt and Draperstown. The engineer was John Lanyon, and the contractors were J & W Grainger.

It was operated by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway and taken over by them in July 1895.^[1]

Passenger services were withdrawn in 1930 and the line was finally closed in 1950.

Stations

The following stations were on the route:

References

^ The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984

[1] The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984

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