Glounthaune railway station

Glounthaune railway station (Irish:Gleanntán) is an Iarnród Éireann station serving the town of Glounthaune in County Cork, Ireland. The station is at is the junction between Cobh and Midleton on the Cork Commuter line.[1]

Glounthaune railway station in 2008 before the Midleton line was re opened

The station opened on the 10th of November 1859 by the Cork, Youghal & Queenstown Railway[2], with services initially only running onwards to Youghal. On 10th of March 1862. Passenger services began running to Queenstown from the junction as well. The line onward to Midleton and Youghal closed to passenger services in 1963[3] before re-opening again in August 2009 as far as Midleton[4] The station was originally called "Cobh Junction" and was re named "Glounthaune" in 1994.

view of the track and station building looking west towards Cork city

The station is unstaffed, with 2 ticket machines near the entrance in the carpark and 2 leap card validators (1 at the entrance and the other on the platform). There are 2 platforms serving the double track. Platform 1 is on the near side and is fully wheelchair accessible with eastbound trains from Cork to Cobh and Midleton. There is a footbridge to bring you from platform 1 to platform 2 meaning there is no wheelchair access to platform 2 and the westbound trains running to Little Island and Cork city. Cork county council have plans to add more parking spaces (currently 48) and improve accessibility to bicycles and improve onward bus connections in the near future [5]

With around 40 trains per day in each direction, this is a frequent commuter station with 4 trains per hour running into Cork city at peak time on weekdays and twice per hour (1 from Cobh and 1 from Midleton) off peak. Travel time to Cork:11 minutes, Midleton:13 minutes and Cobh:14 minutes. Full details about timetables are available at Iarnród Éireanns website[6]

The station is usually served by IE 2600 Class diesel trains in 2 or 4 carriage setups

Under the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy it is planned to increase services to the station and potentially electrify the line over the next 20 years[7]

Cobh Junction in 1973 with the line to Youghal on the left.

References
  1. "Printable Timetables". Irish Rail. Archived from the original on 2012-08-25. Retrieved 2012-08-14.
  2. "6. On Track, Cork & its Railway Heritage | Cork Heritage". corkheritage.ie. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  3. "Bring back the old Youghal railway". Echo Live. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  4. "Service begins on Cork-Midleton line". 2009-07-30. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. https://www.corkcoco.ie/sites/default/files/2020-01/scheme-drawings-burys-bridge-to-carrigtwohill-rev-1.pdf
  6. Rail, Irish. "Train Timetables by Station". Irish Rail. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  7. "CMATS - Cork Metropolitan Area Draft Transport Strategy 2040". Cork Chamber - Advancing Business Together. 2019-05-15. Retrieved 2020-04-05.


Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Little Island   Commuter
Cork-Cobh		   Fota
  Commuter
Cork-Midleton		   Carrigtwohill

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