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By 1884, the Newfoundland Railway Company had built 92 km (57 mi) west to Whitbourne before going into receivership. The bondholders of the bankrupt Newfoundland Railway Company continued to build a 43 km (27 mi) branch line from Brigus Junction to Harbour Grace (the Harbour Grace Railway), which was completed by November that year. [2]
From 1898 - 1901 an iron ore mine was operated out of Lower Island by the Workington Railway. The railway line ran from the mine in Lower Island Cove to a port in Old Perlican. The mine was shut down in 1901 after the iron ore depleted. [1] Much of the Workington Railway line was repurposed in the construction of the Bay de Verde Branch Line.
The Trepassey railway branchline is a historic railway line that had been operated by the Newfoundland Railway in the Dominion of Newfoundland between 1913 and 1931. It connected the Newfoundland Railway's main line at St. Johns with the outport of Trepassey 145 km (90 mi) to the southwest.
Rail freight in Ireland declined in the early 21st century, [citation needed] and IÉ closed its container rail freight business in July 2005, saying that the sector had accounted for 10% of its freight business, but 70% of its losses. [citation needed] Container freight levels had dropped to c.35 containers on three trains per day. [19]
Newfoundland. Newfoundland Railway - branch lines from Northern Bight to Terranceville and from Deer Lake to Bonne Bay were abandoned uncompleted at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. [1] Nova Scotia. Blomidon Railway - began work to build a line from Wolfville to Cape Split in 1911, but ceased on the outbreak of the First World War ...
In 1987, the federal government deregulated the railway industry in Canada and CN promptly applied to abandon its Newfoundland operations under Terra Transport. The political firestorm [further explanation needed] which followed saw the federal and provincial governments negotiate a one-time payout of $800 million (CAD) from Ottawa to St. John's to fund highway improvements under the Trans ...
The Ballina branch line is a 20 + 5 ⁄ 8 miles (33.2 km) long [1] railway line operated by Iarnród Éireann in County Mayo, in Ireland. The branch runs from Manulla Junction on the Dublin Heuston to Westport railway line, to the town of Ballina via Foxford .
The Oldcastle branch line (Irish: fó-líne iarnróid An tSeanchaisleán) is a partially-closed railway line in County Meath, Ireland. It is a branch line starting in Oldcastle and ending at Drogheda on the main line between Belfast and Dublin. This line was connected to the Midland Great Western line from Dublin to Navan until 1963. [1]