Great Northern Railway (Ireland)

Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
	1926 map of GNR(I)
Overview
Dates of operation	1876–1958
Predecessor	Irish North Western Railway; Northern Railway of Ireland; Ulster Railway;
Successor	Ulster Transport Authority (Northern Ireland); Córas Iompair Éireann (Republic of Ireland);
Technical
Track gauge	5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Length	617 miles 13 chains (993.2 km) (1925)
Track length	926 miles 25 chains (1,490.8 km) (1925)

The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) (GNR(I) or GNRI) was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway company in Ireland. It was formed in 1876 by a merger of the Irish North Western Railway (INW), Northern Railway of Ireland, and Ulster Railway. The governments of Ireland and Northern Ireland jointly nationalised the company in 1953, and the company was liquidated in 1958: assets were split on national lines between the Ulster Transport Authority and Córas Iompair Éireann.

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