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Ambitious plans to restore Derry to Strabane rail line are now on track
Local council supports motion to look at feasibility of reinstating the transport connection
Some of the tracks of the Great Northern Line remain at Foyle Road in Derry.
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Derry City and Strabane District Council has given its support to the proposal.
At the council s monthly meeting tonight, SDLP councillor Steven Edwards put forward a motion on the issue.
He asked that the council recognise the strategic, social and economic benefit of restoring the former Great Northern Railway line between Strabane and Derry.
The Great Northern Line ran from what is now the Foyle Valley Railway Museum at Foyle Road in Derry.