Banteer railway station
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.
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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 | Following station | |||
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Mallow | InterCity Dublin-Tralee |
Millstreet | ||
Mallow | InterCity Cork-Tralee |
Milstreet | ||
Mallow | Commuter Mallow-Tralee |
Millstreet |
References
- "Banteer station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- 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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