Discovering Fermanagh's Railways: Clogher Valley Railway Closure

The Clogher Valley Railway
In 1884 work began on the Clogher Valley Railway (CVR). It opened in May 1887 and ran between Maguiresbridge in Fermanagh and Tyan in Co. Armagh providing connections at both stations with the GNR. Unlike other GNR and SLNCR Fermanagh lines, the Clogher Valley was a narrow gauge line with track laid to the Irish narrow gauge of 3ft. A distinctive feature of the CVR was street running through the centre of Fivemiletown, Augher and Caledon and tramway features. In many respects, it was more a tramway than a traditional railway.
By the 1930’s the days of the Clogher Valley line were coming to an end as motoring and increased use of roads damaged the line and at the end of Dec 1941 the last train ran on the Clogher Valley.
Shortly after, the track was lifted to assist in the war effort elsewhere and today only the elaborate red brick stations remain as sentinels to its past.