Industry railway Founded 1860 Headquarters Stranorlar, Ireland Successor Donegal Railway Company | Fate taken over Defunct 1892 Area served Donegal, Tyrone | |
The Finn Valley Railway (FVR) was an Irish gauge (5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)) railway in Ireland.
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Incorporation
The Finn Valley Railway Company was incorporated on 15 May 1860 with capital of £60,000 (equivalent to £5,080,000 in 2015).
Personnel
The chairman of the directors was James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford of Meen Glas, Stranorlar, and the deputy-chairman was James Thompson Macky of the Bank of Ireland in Londonderry.
The other directors were:
The other offices of the company were:
Opening
They built a railway line to Irish gauge (5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)) between Stranorlar and Strabane which opened on 1 October 1863.
Operation
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
In 1892 it 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.