The Finn Valley Railway (FVR) was a gauge railway in Ireland.
History
Incorporation
The Finn Valley Railway Company was incorporated by the (23 & 24 Vict. c. xl) on 15 May 1860 with capital of £60,000 ().
Personnel 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.Bradshaw's railway manual, shareholders' guide, and official directory. W. J. Adams, 1864
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 A gauge rail line between Stranorlar and Strabane was 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)The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland, William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 in 1876.
Merger and gauge conversion 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 () gauge shortly afterwards.
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