Fintown railway station

{{short description|Defunct railway station in County Donegal, Ireland}}

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| name = Fintown

| native_name = Baile na Finne

| native_name_lang = ga

| image = Fintown Railway.jpg

| caption = Fintown Railway train

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| borough = Fintown, County Donegal

| country = Ireland

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| original = Donegal Railway Company, County Donegal Railways Joint Committee

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| years = 3 June 1903

| events = Station opens

| years1 = 15 December 1947

| events1 = Station closes to passenger traffic

| years2 = 10 March 1952

| events2 = Station closes to freight traffic

| years3 = 3 June 1995{{cite journal

|title=Fintown Railway

|journal=Branch Line News

|date=27 August 2011

|issue=1144

|pages=MR150

|issn=1354-0947}}

| events3 = Station reopens as part of heritage railway

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Fintown Railway station served the village of Fintown in County Donegal, Ireland.

The station opened on 3 June 1903 on the Donegal Railway Company line from Glenties to Stranorlar. It closed on 15 December 1947 when the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee closed the line from Glenties to Stranorlar in an effort to save money.{{cite web | title=Fintown station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2008-05-24}} Freight services on the route continued until 10 March 1952.

The station re-opened on 3 June 1995 to serve the newly formed {{RailGauge|3ft|lk=on}} narrow gauge Fintown Railway along a former route used by the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee. The railway runs from Fintown towards Glenties, alongside Lough Finn.

File:Fintown Railway Station - geograph.org.uk - 2108930.jpg