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Draperstown Railway

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History
Stations
References

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The Draperstown Railway was an Irish gauge ({{RailGauge|1600mm}}) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

History

The line was built between 1881 and 1883, a short single-track branch line {{convert|8|mi}} 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.^[1]

Passenger services were withdrawn in 1930 and the line was finally closed in 1950.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

References

1. ^The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984

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