List of Irish Railway Companies

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This list contains an overview of existing and no longer existing railway companies in Ireland .

The rail network in Ireland is currently operated mainly by two rail companies. In Northern Ireland this is the Northern Ireland Railways and in the Republic of Ireland the Iarnród Éireann .

Iarnród Éireann

The holding company Córas Iompair Éireann (operating company from 1945–1987) with the railway company Iarnród Éireann (operating company since 1987)
- Dublin United Transport Company (–1945) (1891– Dublin United Tramways)
  - Dublin Tramways Company (-1891)
  - North Dublin Street Tramways Company (-1891)
  - Dublin Central Tramways Company (-1891)
  - Dublin Southern Tramways (1896)
  - Dublin Southern Districts Tramways
  - Blackrock and Kingstown Tramway
- Great Southern Railways (1925-1945)
  - Great Southern Railway (1924-1925)
    - Great Southern and Western Railway (1844-1924)
      - Irish South Eastern Railway (1848-)
      - Waterford and Central Ireland Railway (1877-1900)
        
        Central Ireland Railway (-1877)
        
        Waterford and Kilkenny Railway (-1877)
      - Waterford, Limerick and Western Railway (-1901)
    - Midland Great Western Railway (1845-1924)
    - Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (1888-1924) (1849-1888: Cork and Bandon Railway)
      - Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway (1863–1879)
      - Ilen Valley Railway (1877-1879)
      - West Cork Railway (1866-1879)
  - Dublin and South Eastern Railway (1906–1925) (1846–1860: Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway, 1860–1906: Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway)
    - Dublin and Kingstown Railway (1834-1854)
    - City of Dublin Junction Railway
    - New Ross and Waterford Extension Railway
  - Arigna Colliery Extension Railway (-1925)
  - Athenry and Tuam Extension to Claremorris Railway (-1925)
  - Athy and Wolfhill Colliery Railway (-1925)
  - Ballinacarthy and Timoleague Junction Light Railway (-1925)
  - Ballinrobe and Claremorris Light Railway (-1925)
  - Baltimore Extension Railway (1893-1925)
  - Bantry Extension Railway (1881-1925)
  - Castlecomer Railway (-1925)
  - Cavan and Leitrim Railway (1883-1925)
  - Clonakilty Extension Railway (1886-1925)
  - Cork and Macroom Direct Railway (-1925)
  - Cork and Muskerry Light Railway (1883-1925)
  - Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway (1846-1925)
  - Cork City Railway (-1925)
  - Donoughmore Extension Light Railway (-1925)
  - Loughrea and Attymon Light Railway (-1925)
  - Schull and Skibbereen Tramway and Light Railway (1892-1925) (1883-1892: West Carberry Tramways and Light Railways)
  - South Clare Railways (1884-1925)
  - Southern of Ireland Railway (-1925)
  - Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway (-1925)
  - Tralee and Dingle Light Railway (1888-1925)
  - Tralee and Fenit Railway (1887-1925)
  - Waterford and Tramore Railway (1853-1925)
  - West Clare Railway (1883-1925)
- Hill of Howth Tramway (1901-1959)

Northern Ireland Railways

Northern Ireland Railways (since 1968) (1966–1968: Ulster Transport Railways)
- Ulster Transport Authority (1948-1966)
  - Belfast and County Down Railway (1846-1948)
    - Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway (1865-1884)
    - Downpatrick, Dundrum and Newcastle Railway (1869-1884)
  - Northern Counties Committee of the Midland Railway , from 1925 of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (1903-1949)
    - Ballycastle Railway (1875-1924)
    - Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (1860-1903) (1848-1860: Belfast and Ballymena Railway )
      - Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway (1855–1861)
      - Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway (1872-1884)
      - Ballymena and Larne Railway (1874-1889)
      - Carrickfergus and Larne Railway (1862-1890)
      - Draperstown Railway (1883–1895)
      - Derry Central Railway (1880-1901)
      - Londonderry and Coleraine Railway (1852–1871)
      - Portstewart Tramway (1882-1897)
    - Limavady and Dungiven Railway (1883–1907)

Great Northern Railway

Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (1876-1958)
- Banbridge, Lisburn and Belfast Railway (1863-)
- Dublin and Antrim Junction Railway (1871–1879)
- Irish North Western Railway (1862–1876) (1849–1862: Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway)
- Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway (1845-1883)
- Northern Railway of Ireland (1875–1876)
  - Dublin and Drogheda Railway (1836-1875)
  - Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway (1845-1875)
- Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway (1855–1876) leased to the Ulster Railway
- Ulster Railway (1836–1876)
- Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway (1866-1896) (Enniskillen, Bundoran and Sligo Railway)

Other railway companies

Bessbrook and Newry Tramway (1884-1948)

Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Railway (1883-1933)

Cavehill and Whitewell Tramway

Clogher Valley Tramway (1884-1941)

County Donegal Railways Joint Committee (joint venture between MR and GNR) (1906-1959)
- Donegal Railway (1892-1906)
  - Finn Valley Railway (1863-1892)
  - West Donegal Railway (1879-1892)

Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway (1888–1832)

Dublin and Lucan Tramway (1880-1925)

Dundalk, Newry and Greenore Railway (1863–1957) owned by the London and North Western Railway

Fishguard and Roslare Railway and Harbors

Giant's Chauseway, Portrush and Bush Valley Railway and Tramway (1880-1949)

Listowel and Ballybunion Railway (1886-1924)

Londonderry and Loch Swilly Railway (1853-1953)
- Letterkenny and Burtonport Extension Railway

Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway (1875–1957)

Strabane and Letterkenny Railway (1909–1959) operated by the CDRJC

Waterford, New Ross and Wexford Junction Railway (–1876) Jointly owned by the Great Southern and Western Railway and the Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway

Museum railways

Tralee and Blennerville Railway - currently inactive
Lartigue Monorail and Museum
West Clare Railways Museum
Waterford and Suir Valley Railway
Irish Steam Preservation Society - the museum railway at Stradbally Hall
Cavan and Leitrim Railway Museum
Fintown Railway
Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland - Museum and Train Operations
Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway

literature

Martin Bairstow: Railways in Ireland . Part 1. Martin Bairstow Publisher, ISBN 978-1-871944-31-0 .
Martin Bairstow: Railways in Ireland . Part 2. Martin Bairstow Publisher, ISBN 978-1-871944-33-4 .
Martin Bairstow: Railways in Ireland . Part 3. Martin Bairstow Publisher, ISBN 978-1-871944-36-5 .
Martin Bairstow: Railways in Ireland . Part 4. Martin Bairstow Publisher, ISBN 978-1-871944-40-2 .
Martin Bairstow: Railways in Ireland . Part 5. Martin Bairstow Publisher, ISBN 978-1-871944-42-6 .
Joe Begeley, Steve Flanders: Ireland's Narrow Gauge Railways . Oakwood Press, ISBN 978-0-85361-710-5 .
Tom Ferris: Irish Railways . A new history. Gill & Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-7171-4648-2 .