Burtonport Station, Co Donegal, Ireland.

Burtonport station was the former terminus of the long 49 mile extension from Letterkenny that branched out through the remote wilds North West Donegal to serve the excellent harbour and small fishing village of Burtonport.

Built by The Londonderry & Lough Swilly’s Railway, it was also a government attempt at the time to help alleviate the poverty in North Donegal by providing better access to markets further east and beyond under the 1890 Light railway act, a act created and championed by Lord Balfour (later of Israel and his declaration fame) to provide rail access to the remote and poorer districts of Ireland.

Opened for traffic in 1909, the line ran through the beautiful and remote difficult terrain of North West Donegal often skirting towns it was meant to serve by miles in a effort to save on the cost of construction. The line was never a profitable affair and the subject of two enquiries over its safety and operation. The Derry Chamber of Commerce noting “defective construction and inadequate and unsuitable equipment” as a cause of the lines many ills. Despite this the line managed to survive until 1947, the Burtonport - Gweedore section earlier closing in June 1940. The company ran it’s last train till 1953 and continued as a Lough Swilly Bus Company until it was wound up in April 2014. The station remained abandoned for many years and was eventually demolished early in 2003.

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Taken on: August 16, 2024

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