Drimoleague railway station
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Drimoleague | |
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![]() Drimoleague Junction Station View eastwards, towards Bandon and Cork; ex-Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway. Photograph taken on 20 July 1955. | |
General information | |
Location | Drimoleague, County Cork Ireland |
Coordinates | 51°39′37″N 9°15′41″W / 51.6603709°N 9.2614565°W |
History | |
Original company | Ilen Valley Railway |
Pre-grouping | Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Southern Railways |
Key dates | |
23 July 1877 | Station opens |
1 April 1961 | Station closes |
Drimoleague railway station was on the Ilen Valley Railway in County Cork, Ireland. It was in the village of Drimoleague.
History
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Drimoleague_Station.jpg/220px-Drimoleague_Station.jpg)
The station opened on 23 July 1877.
Regular passenger services were withdrawn on 1 April 1961.[1] As at 2024, the station building and the platforms remain, but there has been miscellaneous development on other parts of the station.[2]
Routes
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Dunmanway | Ilen Valley Railway Dunmanaway-Skibbereen |
Madore | ||
Terminus | Cork and Bandon Railway Drimoleague-Bantry |
Aughaville |
Further reading
- R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
References
- ^ "Drimoleague" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ "Drimoleague". Eiretrains. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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