The Draperstown Railway was an Irish gauge () in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
History
The line was authorised by the (41 & 42 Vict. c. clxxviii) and built between 1881 and 1883, a short single-track branch line 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 under the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Act 1895 (58 & 59 Vict. c. civ).The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984
Passenger services were withdrawn in 1930 and the line was finally closed in 1950.
Stations
The following stations were on the route: Magherafelt Desertmartin Draperstown
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