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Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway

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2149: 2338: 2188:. The company operated passenger bus services, freight services, and holiday tour services, as well as providing school bus services for many schoolchildren in Donegal. However, it failed to be profitable throughout the 1970s, and was purchased from bankruptcy by Patrick Doherty, a Buncrana businessman, in 1981. The company maintained offices at the Foyle Street Bus Depot in Derry, and in Letterkenny Bus Depot in Donegal. It also had large garage areas in Derry and Letterkenny, where it kept its fleet of buses. The majority of its bus fleet, with the exception of those used for holiday touring, was more than 10 years old, mainly consisting of 1994 registered 29: 896: 956: 655: 648: 536: 451: 420: 543: 2162: 904: 1293: 888: 860: 641: 609: 602: 444: 413: 149: 802: 1271: 1249: 1227: 1205: 1183: 1161: 1139: 1117: 1095: 1073: 1051: 1029: 1007: 985: 853: 831: 824: 795: 770: 763: 738: 731: 706: 699: 616: 575: 568: 517: 495: 473: 391: 369: 347: 325: 303: 281: 259: 237: 215: 193: 171: 2287:
than passengers, evidenced by the distance of some stations from their served populations, and the delays caused due to the shunting of goods trucks attached to the passenger trains. It detailed the difficulties of running a railway in such an impoverished and inaccessible part of the country, with the frequent use of
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From 1929, the company began to acquire bus assets throughout Donegal. Further expansion followed rapidly. It entered profitability in the early 1930s as a result of these ventures. Acquisition of freight operations followed, and this led to a reduction of rail services and eventual closure of lines.
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petitioned the High Court to wind up the company due to substantial debts owed to them and other creditors. The company subsequently went into liquidation and ceased trading on 18 April 2014 with the loss of 80 jobs, 60 in Donegal and a further 20 in Derry. The announcement caused shock and anger in
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took over some of the routes, having ensured transportation after the 2014 Easter holidays for the 2,000 schoolchildren who previously depended upon Lough Swilly services. The last bus services operated on the evening of Saturday 19 April. Some of the routes have been maintained by other operators.
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was based on the L&LSR giving many first hand accounts of the railway, including the viaduct accident. It detailed alleged cross border contraband smuggling and some irregular payment methods using local produce. The railway apparently had a reputation of treating freight with greater priority
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An attempt to withdraw bus services from Donegal in June 2003 met with resistance, because the services were seen as crucial not only to schools but also to the elderly and rural population of Donegal. The company finally went into liquidation and ceased operations in 2014.
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between 1853 and 2014. Incorporated in June 1853, it once operated 99 miles of railways. It began the transition to bus and road freight services in 1929. It closed its last railway line in July 1953 but continued to operate bus services under the name
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was opened and the L&LSR connected with it by reopening the Tooban Junction - Cuttymanhill section of its Farland Point line. The L&LSR worked the Letterkenny Railway, and in 1885 it converted its track from
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until April 2014, becoming the oldest railway company established in the Victorian era to continue trading as a commercial concern into the 21st century. Following a High Court petition by
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reported at the time "... the guard, Mr. Daniel McFeeley, or anyone else, did not call out 'Next Stop Derry'. Everyone knew that the next stop would be the last stop - the last ever."
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Junction. At Tooban Junction (as the name implies) the railway branched, north into Inishowen and south into County Donegal proper. Northwards it ran through Inch Road,
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Following the cessation of all rail services, the company provided only road transport. It purchased second-hand vehicles from a number of operators, including
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The Carndonagh branch was closed in about 1935 and the Burtonport line closing entirely in 1940, with a section temporarily re-opening in 1941 to
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on 8 August 1953. It included 14 wagons of cattle and arrived 50 minutes late. Bob Turner was the driver with Paddy Clifford as fireman. The
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A serious accident occurred on the night of 30 January 1925 at around 8 pm at the Owencarrow Viaduct,
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to fuel the trains, and the practice of handing down valued jobs on the railway from father to son.
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when an application for incorporation was filed in 1852, after spurning the construction of a
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Road, Harrity's Road (approximate site of border between NI and the Republic), Bridge End,
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Former Glenariff Iron Ore and Harbour Company locomotive bought 1884; scrapped 1904
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by a one completed in 1903. Both lines were constructed as joint ventures with the
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Flanders, The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway (Midland Publishing, 1997).
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produce model kits of Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway railway vehicles
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was added in 1864 and much of the Farland Point line was closed in 1866.
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network to connect the two inlets. The company opened its first line, a
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All-time bus & coach fleet list (The Classic Irish Buses website)
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level crossing, all in Derry where the depot was. Then west into
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February 2010 bus & coach fleet list (Irish Transport Trust)
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Foyle Road Station, Middle Quay and Graving Dock Stations to
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The last train to run on the line was the 2.15 pm from
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107 miles 25 chains (172.7 km) (1925)
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Route 955 Londonderry/Derry-Carndonagh via Buncrana
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Legend
Carndonagh
Carndonagh Halt
Rashenny
Ballyliffin
Clonmany
Meendoran Halt
Drumfries
Kinnego Halt
Ballymagan
Buncrana
Lisfannon Links Halt
Beach Halt
Fahan Pier
Fahan Junction
Fahan
Lamberton's Halt
Inch Road
Tooban Junction
Trady
Burnfoot
Burt Junction
Bridge End
Farland Point
County Donegal

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