Bantry Pier | |
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General information | |
Location | Bantry, County Cork Ireland |
History | |
Original company | Cork and Bandon Railway |
Pre-grouping | Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Southern Railways |
Key dates | |
1 January 1909 | Station opens |
1949 | Station closes |
Bantry Pier railway station was on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
The station opened on 1 January 1909.
Regular passenger services were withdrawn in 1937 and the station closed in 1949. [1]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Bantry Town | Cork and Bandon Railway Drimoleague-Bantry | Terminus |
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