Annacotty railway station

Annacotty
Annacotty
General information
Location	Annacotty, County Limerick ; Ireland
Coordinates	52°39′49″N8°30′39″W / 52.6637°N 8.5108°W
History
Original company	Waterford and Limerick Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern and Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
8 August 1858	Station opens as Grange
1928	Station renamed Annacotty
9 September 1963	Station closes
Services

Last updated October 31, 2023

Annacotty railway station, on the Ballybrophy branch, served the village of Annacotty in County Limerick, Ireland.

History

Opened as Grange station by the Waterford and Limerick Railway, by the beginning of the 20th century the station was run by the Great Southern and Western Railway. It was absorbed into the Great Southern Railways in 1925.^{[ citation needed ]}

The station was then nationalised, passing on to the Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945.^{[ citation needed ]} It was closed in 1963.^{[ citation needed ]}

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References

Notes

↑ "Annacotty station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2008.

Sources

Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

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[1] "Annacotty station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2008.

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