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Strabane (CDR)
Station sign in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in Cultra.
General information
Location	Station Rd. Strabane, County Tyrone Northern Ireland UK
Coordinates	54°49′50″N 7°28′13″W / 54.830478°N 7.470319°W / 54.830478; -7.470319
Elevation	13 ft
Other information
Status	Demolished
History
Original company	Donegal Railway Company
Post-grouping	County Donegal Railways Joint Committee
Key dates
16 July 1894	Station opens
1 January 1960	Station closes

Strabane (CDR) railway station was one of two terminals serving Strabane, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.

History

The Finn Valley Railway operated an Irish Gauge route to Stranorlar from Strabane (GNI) railway station from 7 September 1863. When this route was converted to 3 ft (914 mm) on 16 July 1894 the Donegal Railway Company built Strabane (CDR) railway station adjacent to the existing Great Northern Railway (Ireland) railway station. The two stations were connected by a footbridge.

The station was also later the terminus for the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway which operated from 1909. The station closed on 1 January 1960.

The site is now occupied by an Asda supermarket car park.

Routes

References

1. "Strabane (CDJ) station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 24 May 2008.

• Disused railway stations in County Tyrone
• Railway stations in Northern Ireland opened in 1894
• Railway stations in Northern Ireland closed in 1960