Our Campaign - Fermanagh

A rail line connected Omagh to Enniskillen (and on to Sligo Town) until 1957.

Enniskillen (population 14,000) is the county-town of Fermanagh, and at the heart of The Fermanagh Lakelands – a significant area for tourism. Fermanagh is one of the 5 counties on the island currently without rail.

The Union Connectivity Review identified Enniskillen and Derry as "being particularly reliant on tourism and being significantly distant from existing stratgeic transport links".

Restoring the 26 mile route between Omagh and Enniskillen would reconnect Fermanagh to the rail network again. And ensure all 6 counties in NI were included.

Continuing the reopening down from Enniskillen to Sligo would also link the west of NI directly into the proposed Western Rail Corridor.

Whilst most of a recreated Omagh-Enniskillen-Sligo line would be in NI – its cross-border nature and the connectivity boost it would provide to north Connacht and the Northern & Western Region of ROI would raise the possibility of securing a contribution from the southern government.