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.

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

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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