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

Glounthaune railway station

Gleanntán
view of the track and station building looking west towards Cork city
LocationGlounthaune, County Cork
Ireland
Coordinates51°54′40″N 8°19′30″W
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Line(s)Cork Commuter line
Platforms2
Tracks2
History
Opened10 November 1859 (1859-11-10)

The station opened on 10 November 1859 by the Cork, Youghal & Queenstown Railway,[2] with services initially only running onwards to Youghal. On 10 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.

The station is unstaffed, with two ticket machines near the entrance in the carpark and two leap card validators (one at the entrance and the other on the platform). There are two 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 passengers 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 (48 as of January 2020) and improve accessibility to bicycles and improve onward bus connections in the 2020s.[5]

With around 40 trains per day in each direction, this is a frequent commuter station with four 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 by about 2040.[7]

References
  1. "Printable Timetables". Irish Rail. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  2. "6. On Track, Cork & its Railway Heritage | Cork Heritage". corkheritage.ie. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. "Bring back the old Youghal railway". Echo Live. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. "Service begins on Cork-Midleton line". 30 July 2009. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. AECOM (January 2020). "Strategic Cycleway Scheme, Bury's Bridge to Carrigtwohill" (PDF).
  6. Rail, Irish. "Train Timetables by Station". Irish Rail. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. "CMATS - Cork Metropolitan Area Draft Transport Strategy 2040". Cork Chamber - Advancing Business Together. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station
Little Island   Commuter
Cork-Cobh		   Fota
  Commuter
Cork-Midleton		   Carrigtwohill
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