Kinsale | |
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General information | |
Location | Kinsale, County Cork Ireland |
History | |
Original company | Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway |
Pre-grouping | Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway |
Post-grouping | Great Southern Railways |
Key dates | |
27 June 1863 | Station opens |
31 August 1931 | Station closes |
Kinsale railway station was on the Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway in County Cork, Ireland.
The station opened on 27 June 1863.
Regular passenger services were withdrawn on 31 August 1931. [1]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Farrangalway | Cork and Kinsale Junction Railway Junction-Kinsale | Terminus |
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