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==Railways== The railway lines in County Fermanagh connected [[Enniskillen railway station]] with [[Derry]] from 1854, [[Dundalk]] from 1861, [[Bundoran]] from 1868 and [[Sligo]] from 1882.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hajducki |first=S. Maxwell |year=1974 |title=A Railway Atlas of Ireland |location=Newton Abbott |publisher=[[David & Charles]] |isbn=0-7153-5167-2 |at=maps 6, 7, 12}}</ref> The railway companies that served the county, prior to the establishment by the merger of [[Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway]], [[Enniskillen and Bundoran Railway]] the [[Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway]] which was later named the [[Irish North Western Railway]], thus forming the [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]]. By 1883 the [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]] absorbed all the lines except the [[Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway]], which remained independent throughout its existence. In October 1957 the [[Government of Northern Ireland]] closed the GNR line, which made it impossible for the SL&NCR continue and forced it also to close.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sprinks |first=N.W. |title=Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway |year=1970 |location=Billericay |publisher=Irish Railway Record Society (London Area) }}</ref> The nearest railway station to Enniskillen is [[Sligo Mac Diarmada Station|Sligo station]] which is served by trains to [[Dublin Connolly]] and is operated by [[Iarnród Éireann]]. The [[Dublin-Sligo railway line]] has a two-hourly service run by Iarnród Éireann. The connecting bus from [[Sligo]] via [[Manorhamilton]] to Enniskillen is route '''66''' operated by [[Bus Éireann]].
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