Irish North Western Railway

[4] This gave the D&ER a direct route between Dundalk and Londonderry Foyle Road.

[5] In the same year the company renamed itself the Irish North Western Railway.

[6] In 1863 the Ulster Railway reached Clones where it made a junction with the INW.

[6] The GNR operated the line between Dundalk and Enniskillen until 1957, when the Government of Northern Ireland made the GNR Board close all cross-border lines except the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway mainline.

[9][10] Córas Iompair Éireann continued a freight service between Dundalk and Clones for a few years, but withdrew this and closed the line in 1960.