Bantry railway station

Bantry
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
4 July 1881	Station opens
22 October 1892	Station closes

Bantry railway station was on the Cork and Bandon Railway in County Cork, Ireland.

History

The station opened on 4 July 1881.

On 7 July 1887, an early morning mail train crashed through the buffers, killing the driver and seriously injuring the fireman. The enquiry concluded that the driver had been speeding. ^[1]

Regular passenger services were withdrawn on 22 October 1892 ^[2] when a new station, Bantry Town, was opened closer to the town centre.

Routes

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Durrus Road		Cork and Bandon Railway Drimoleague-Bantry		Terminus

Further reading

• R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   1-85260-508-1

References

1. "Accident at Bantry on 7th July 1887". Railways Archive. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
2. "Bantry, Union Hill" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

External links

• Eiretrains gallery – 21st century photos of former railway infrastructure in Bantry