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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.
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 [6] The West Cork line closed in March 1961, [2] and regular passenger services to the station were withdrawn from April 1961.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]
A large railway network was severely curtailed in the 1950s and 1960s (in particular by the Ulster Transport Authority). Routes now include suburban services to Larne, Portadown/Newry and Bangor, as well as services to Derry. There is also a branch from Coleraine to Portrush. On Northern Ireland Railways distances are quoted in miles and metres ...
The Western Railway Corridor is a term, used since c. 2003, for a partly disused railway line running through the west of Ireland.Currently two sections of the line, from Limerick via Ennis to Athenry and from Collooney to Sligo, see regular services, with other sections either closed or only technically classed as open.
The idea of restoring the railways to the North-West of Ireland has been gathering momentum, with Monaghan County Council deciding to investigate the idea in 2009, while Donegal has floated the idea of involving not only the three Ulster counties south of the border, but also Sligo, which formerly had extensive rail links to counties further ...
William Dargan, Ireland's foremost railway contractor, built much of the GS&WR's main line and a number of its other routes.. The directors chose to begin by construction of the 32.5 mi (52.3 km) stretch of the Dublin – Cork main line as far as Cherryville Junction just west of Kildare and the 23.5 mi (37.8 km) branch to Carlow with contracts shared between McCormack and Dargan.
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'.
Map of West Cork. West Cork (Irish: Iarthar Chorcaí) [1] is a tourist region and municipal district in County Cork, Ireland.As a municipal district, West Cork falls within the administrative area of Cork County Council, [2] and includes the towns of Bantry, Castletownbere, Clonakilty, Dunmanway, Schull and Skibbereen, and the 'key villages' of Baltimore, Ballydehob, Courtmacsherry ...