Discovering Fermanagh's Railways: Pettigo Railway Station - Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

Alan Devers discovers the history of the Fermanagh Railways in this new series of videos from Headhunters Barber Shop & Railway Museum which travels the route of the Sligo Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway and Great Northern Railway Ireland.
Pettigo Railway Station
Pettigo, Co. Donegal is located on the former Great Northern Railway's branch line to the well known coastal resort of Bundoran, built in June 1886 and unfortunately closed in September 1957. Pettigo Station retains much of its original buildings, such as its goods shed, up & down platforms and even stone built footbridge supports. At the west end of the station are some cattle pens on the former goods bank. The goods shed is attached to the main station building, and is similar to that of Ballyshannon Station further west. Pettigo was also a well known stop for the GNR's 'Bundoran Express', which regularly picked up pilgrims here coming to or from Lough Derg, and for this the platforms once had lengthy canopies and benches.