Annacotty railway station

Annacotty
General information
Location	Annacotty, County Limerick Ireland
Coordinates	52°39′49″N8°30′39″W / 52.6637°N 8.5108°W / 52.6637; -8.5108
History
Original company	Waterford and Limerick Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern and Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
8 August 1858 (1858-08-08)	Station opens as Grange
1928	Station renamed Annacotty
9 September 1963 (1963-09-09)	Station closes
Services
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Killonan   Great Southern and Western Railway Limerick-Waterford   Lisnagry
Location

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

The station opened on 8 August 1858 and closed on 9 September 1963. ^[1]

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 ]}

References

Notes

1. "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.