and .Mid.laud H :,·ilway~ Ad, l:IOG. All:?r lhc ama'gamatirm <>f the F.V.R. eh~ Donegal Ral!way Co. completed tlie c-onsL·u c:'.ion -of the section. which was opentXl June 3, 18!15. From Donegal t°'.vn the line was extenrled to Killybegs and opened for traffic on August 18, 1893. These railways were worked by the D.R., the profits, after paying all outgoings, to be divided equally bet\veen the State and Company. As part of this arrangement the D.R. unc!ertook to convert the o'.d F.V.R. f:·om 5' 3" to 3' gauge, to complete the line to Strabane, and to p:·ovide a separate station there. This was done in 1894 and on July 16 of that year narrow gau·ge t:-ains began to run through to Strabane. The StrabaneDerry line was opened August 8. 1900, and the Donegal-Ballyshannon branch. September 21, 1905. Under the provisions o~ the Great Northern (Ire'.and) a_nd Midland Railways Act, 1906, the Donegal Railway was acquired jointly by these two -Companies (except the Strabane-Derry section, which passed entirely into Midland ownership) and the present County Donegal Joint Committee was established. The Strabane & Letterkenny Railway was opened January i. 1909. ai:d 8:Xce9t for some mineral Jines was the last narrow guage railway to be built i.n Ireland. It is owned and \•,;orked by the Joint Committee, having a ,Board of four n:?presentatives of the Joint Committee with a Shareho:dcrs' Chairman. l!1 1923 the Midland passed to the L.M. & S.R. (N.C.C.), and this in turn passed to the Railway Executive (British Railways) on 414. Jai.tuary I, HJ.i<J. Thi;! ::.>trnbat1cDerry scetion was taken over L>y the U.T.A. in J 949 but continues to be worked by the Joint Committee. The distance from Strabane to Killybegs is 50! miles. At Strabane the station adjoins that of the G.N.R. and consists of an island platform connected by a footbridge with the G.N.R. ~n practice the services to Killybegs use the near side, to Letterkenny · and Derry the fa.r side. Adjoining the station are the tranship · yard, goods store, and sidings,· and there is a two-road engine shed. I,.eaving Strabane the line is carried over the River Mourne by a steel bridge, and after .traversing a stretch of fa~rly level .country the frontier between the Republic of Ireland is crossed by a bridge 150 f t. lo~'lg. Clady station is 4,+ miles from Strabane, and Castlefinn 6 rr.iles. Botr; are Irish Customs posts, Preventive Staff work being done at Clady and Executive work at Castlefinn, where both platforms are si·gnalled 'for each direction, so that trains can be brought into up or down platforms as conve11ient. The Imperial Customs Post is at Strabane. Between Cast1efin:1 and Stranorlar are Lisco'.ll}' Halt. 8 miles; Killygordon, 9~ miles, and Cavan Halt. ll i! miles. At Stranorlar (13~) miles are the headquarters of the Committee and the principal locomotive sheds. The Locomotive, Railcar, Carriage and Wagon Shops, and the Ccneral Stores and Offices are situated here and there .is extensive siding accommodation. On leaving Stranorlar the !in~
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