Derry Central Railway
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The Derry Central Railway was an
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Derry Central Railway Act 1877 | |
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Act of Parliament | |
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Royal assent | 23 July 1877 |
Text of statute as originally enacted |
The line was authorised by the Derry Central Railway Act 1877 (
It opened in 1880, was 29.25 miles (47.07 km) long, but was never a financial success.
In September 1901 it was taken over by the Northern Counties Committee for the sum of £85,000.[1]
In 1936 there were two trains a day from Belfast to Coleraine via this line and one other train from Magherafelt to Coleraine, consisting of two coaches and a 2-4-0 compound engine. The track had flat bottomed rails, followed the contour of the land and the only large structure was a lattice girder bridge over the River Bann near Macfin.
Nowadays long after the railways closure and the tracks lifted there are still stations at every town and 8 bridges that once spanned the line still intact.[2]