STRABANE (GNRI)

PHOTO GALLERY

1965 - 2020

[Source: Jim McBride & Paul Wright]

A UTA poster seen at Strabane GNRI station shortly after rail services had ceased in 1965.
Copyright photo from Ernies Railway Archive


Strabane GNRI station seen in July 1966. Demolition of the footbridge was underway.
Copyright photo by Michael Bunch from the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre collection


Strabane GNRI station looking north after the early months of 1966 when the track was lifted but before the fire in 1968.
Photo by Sean Crawford


A view looking north at Strabane GNRI station from the cab of the CDR locomotive 'Meenglas' in the summer of 1967.
Photo by Eric T Challoner


The vandalised booking office at Strabane seen in the summer of 1967.
Photo from the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre


Strabane South signal cabin had recieved the attention of local vandals when this view was taken in the summer of 1967.
Photo from the Donegal Railway Heritage Centre

The station building at Strabane seen after the fire of early 1968.
Photo by Eric T Challoner


Looking north at the Strabane GNRI station forecourt in July 1968. Departing from the station is CDR bus ORR33 a Leyland Tiger Cub. The bus was en-route to Strabane Abercron Square from where it would operate a service Letterkenny. The station building had been burnt by vandals earlier in the year. Closer to the station is a CIE E Class bus which was on hire to the CDR. It is waiting to run a later journey to Killybegs. To the right within what was originally the station goods yard is the Ulsterbus garage. The CDR had started to use the forecourt of the GNRI station when rail services had ceased.
Photo by Hugh Dougherty

In July 1968 CDR employees pose with a CIE P class bus on the forecourt of Strabane GNRI station. The bus was on hire to the CDR. To the left is the driver Collins Lafferty who had been a railcar driver prior to 31 December 1959. To the right is Eddie Friel who worked in the CDR store at Stranorlar. During the summer months he would undertake driving duties. The bus had worked in from Ballybofey as a duplicate service to carry heavy traffic into the Ulsterbus Belfast express at Strabane.
Photo by Hugh Dougherty


The Strabane GNRI station running in board seen in its present home the Ulster Transport Museum at Cultra seen on 11 October 2020. The sign showed passengers the various travel destinations that were possible from the adjoining CDR station.
Photo by Jim McBride

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