Banteer railway station

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Banteer Railway Station
Mallow–Tralee
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Mallow
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Lombardstown
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Banteer
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Rathcool
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Millstreet
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Rathmore
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Killarney
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Ballybrack
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Farranfore
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Banteer railway station is a station on the Mallow to Tralee railway line and serves the village of Banteer in County Cork, Ireland. It is the next adjacent station to Kanturk, County Cork.

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The station opened on 16 April 1853 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 September 1976. [1]

The 9 miles (14 km) branch to Newmarket closed to passengers in 1944, reopened for a year in 1946, then carried only occasional livestock trains until CIÉ applied to close it in 1954. [2]

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Preceding station Iarnrod Eireann simple logo 2013.png Iarnród Éireann Following station
Mallow   InterCity
Dublin-Tralee
  Millstreet
Mallow   InterCity
Cork-Tralee
  Millstreet
Mallow   Commuter
Mallow-Tralee railway line
  Millstreet

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References

  1. "Banteer station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 30 August 2007.
  2. Cooke, B.W.C., ed. (June 1954). "Branch Line Closing in Ireland". The Railway Magazine. Vol. 100, no. 638. Westminster: Tothill Press. p. 433.

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