Northern Railway of Ireland was a railway company in
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
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Northern Railway of Ireland was a railway company in
IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
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It was formed by a merger of the
Dublin and Drogheda RailwayDublin and Drogheda Railway was a railway company in Ireland.The D&D constructed the railway line between Dublin and Drogheda, which was connected to the Ulster Railway Portadown to Belfast line, by the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway line from Drogheda to Portadown, completed in 1852....
(D&D) with the Dublin and the Belfast Junction Railway (D&BJct). In 1876 it merged with the
Irish North Western RailwayIrish North Western Railway was a railway company based in Ireland. It was incorporated in 1862 and in 1876 merged to become part of the Great Northern Railway .-History:...
(INW) and
Ulster RailwayUlster Railway was a railway company operating in Ireland. It opened its first line, from Belfast to Lisburn, in 1839 and in 1876 merged with other railway companies to form the Great Northern Railway .-History:...
to form the
Great Northern Railway (Ireland)The Great Northern Railway was an Irish railway company formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway , Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway. The Ulster Railway was the GNRI's oldest constituent, having opened between Belfast and Lisburn in 1839 and extended in stages...
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