Banteer railway station

Railway station in County Cork, Ireland

Banteer Railway Station
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Mallow–Tralee
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Mallow
Lombardstown
Banteer
Newmarket branch line
 Rathcool
Millstreet
Rathmore
Kenmare branch line
 Headford Junction
Killarney
Ballybrack
Farranfore
for Kerry Airport Kerry Airport
Castleisland branch line
 Gortatlea
Tralee
Fenit branch 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]

Services

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

References

  1. ^ "Banteer station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
  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.

External links

  • Irish Rail Banteer Station Website

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

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