Tracing the Dungannon-Omagh railway line on Google satellite and street view

The Portadown, Dungannon and Omagh Junction Railway was part of the route on the Great Northern Railway known as the "Derry Road." Despite its popularity and profitability it was closed in 1963. Today the path of the line is still clearly visible on the landscape and can be viewed from many road crossing points.

There is great potential for reopening this line all the way from Portadown to Derry, and it would be a significant boost to the economic dynamism of the region. One challenge is getting the line out of Dungannon because of a large housing development that has since been built in the way, however the station could easily be built at the original site since there not much was ever built there. Running the line through Omagh would also be a challenge, but I suggest some solutions here, including getting the line through the town on a new route that would allow the construction of a station on the main street.