Banteer railway station

Banteer Railway Station

Mallow to Tralee

Legend
Dublin to Cork line (to Dublin Heuston)
Mallow–Waterford line
Mallow
Dublin to Cork line (to Cork)
Lombardstown
Newmarket branch line
Banteer
Rathcool
Millstreet
Rathmore
Kenmare branch line
Headford Junction
Killarney
Ballybrack
Valencia Harbour branch line
Farranfore(for Kerry Airport Kerry Airport)
Castleisland branch line
Gortatlea
Tralee
Fenit branch line
Limerick–Tralee line

Banteer railway station is a station on the Mallow to Tralee railway line and serves the village of Banteer in County Cork, Ireland. It is the next adjacent station to Kanturk, County Cork.

The station opened on 16 April 1853 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 September 1976.[1]

The 9 miles (14 km) branch to Newmarket closed to passengers in 1944, reopened for a year in 1946, then carried only occasional livestock trains until CIÉ applied to close it in 1954.[2]

Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Mallow   InterCity
Dublin-Tralee
  Millstreet
Mallow   InterCity
Cork-Tralee
  Milstreet
Mallow   Commuter
Mallow-Tralee
  Millstreet

References

  1. "Banteer station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  2. Cooke, B.W.C., ed. (June 1954). "Branch Line Closing in Ireland". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 100 no. 638. Westminster: Tothill Press. p. 433.

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Coordinates: 52°07′44″N 8°53′55″W / 52.12889°N 8.89861°W / 52.12889; -8.89861


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