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Albert Quay terminus Cork, 1948. Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (CB&SCR), was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway in Ireland.It opened in 1849 as the Cork and Bandon Railway (C&BR), changed its name to Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway in 1888 and became part of the Great Southern Railway (GSR) in 1924.
The area was linked in 1849 by the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway, sometimes known as the West Cork Railway. [13] This railway line began in Cork City, travelled across the county and had branches to Clonakilty (junction at Gaggin) and Skibbereen (junction at Drimoleague), before terminating at Bantry. It closed in 1961.
The entire West Cork Railway network closed, as were most branch lines in the Republic. The main route network survived intact, with a relatively even distribution of cutbacks. The main routes from Dublin to Belfast, Sligo, Galway and the West of Ireland, Limerick, Cork and Kerry, Waterford and Wexford survived. The cross country route from ...
Bandon West railway station was on the West Cork Railway in County Cork, Ireland. History. The station opened on 12 June 1866. It was moved and rebuilt on 1 June 1874.
On a railway map, dating to 1906, the station is marked as "Ballyneen & Enniskeen". [4] [5] and on Ordnance Survey maps it is marked as "Ballineen & Enniskean Station". [6] The West Cork line closed in March 1961, [2] and regular passenger services to the station were withdrawn from April 1961. [7]
Dunmanway railway station was on the West Cork Railway, Dunmanway, in County Cork, Ireland. It was located at the southern end of the town, near to the junction of Park Road and Clonakilty Road. An adjacent hotel (still in existence today under another name) was known as the 'Railway Hotel'.
The Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway (CB&PR) was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway in County Cork, Ireland. The line originally opened in 1850 as a 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Irish standard gauge railway between Cork and Passage West and operated steam feeder ferries to other locations round Cork Harbour. The company was heavily dependent on ...
The station opened on 1 August 1849. It was rebuilt in 1894. There was a rail connection from the station to the nearby Allman's Bandon Distillery. Regular passenger services were withdrawn on 1 April 1961. [1]