Dublin and Drogheda Railway
Dublin and Drogheda Railway (D&D) was a railway company in Ireland which publicly opened its 31¾ mile main line between Dublin and Drogheda in May 1844. It was the third railway company in Ireland to operate passenger trains and the first to use the
Irish standard gauge. It later opened branches to Howth and Oldcastle. The opening of the
Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway (D&BJct) between the D&D at Drogheda and the
Ulster Railway (UR) at Portadown in 1852 saw an almost continuous main line connection between Dublin and Belfast, which was resolved by the official opening of the
Boyne Viaduct in April 1855. Amalgamations between these and other companies in 1875 and 1876 saw the creation of the
Great Northern Railway of Ireland GNR(I).
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