Blarney railway station

Blarney railway station was a terminus station on the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway (CMLR) in County Cork, Ireland. The station served Blarney, and was located on the south side of the town's main square, with Blarney Castle a short walk to the south west.[1]

Blarney
Blarney at Blarney in 1888
LocationBlarney, County Cork
Ireland
Coordinates 51.9317°N 8.5680°W / 51.9317; -8.5680
History
Original companyCork and Muskerry Light Railway
Pre-groupingCork and Muskerry Light Railway
Post-groupingGreat Southern Railways
Key dates
8 August 1887Station opens
31 December 1934Station closes

History

The station opened on 8 August 1887 when the CMLR began public operations.[2] Services were mostly one per two hours from 9am to 8pm, the first class return fare 1s 8p and the third class half that.[2]

Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1934.[2][3]

Layout and routes

The station had a run-round loop, 3 dead end sidings, a turntable and a goods shed.[1] Some of the station's structures remain, including the platform and station building, with the latter now occupied by a tourist gift shop.[4]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St. Anne's   Cork and Muskerry Light Railway
Cork-Coachford		   Terminus

GS&WR Station

The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) also had a station serving Blarney on their Mallow to Cork section of main line which had been open since 18 October 1849 and which had already been responsible for vastly increasing the number of tourists.[5] That station closed in 1963.[6]

References

Notes
  1. Jenkins & Newham (1992), p. 53.
  2. Jenkins & Newham (1992), p. 13.
  3. "Blarney (CM)" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  4. "Cork and Muskerry Light Railway Line". aloadofblarney.ie. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. Jenkins & Newham (1992), p. 49.
  6. "Blarney". eiretrains.com.

Sources
  • R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
  • Jenkins, Stanley C.; Newham, A.T. (1992) [1968]. The Cork and Muskerry Light Railway (2 ed.). Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-407-5. OCLC 221272762.


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