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Cahersiveen railway station

Cahersiveen railway station

Former railway station in Kerry, Ireland

Cahersiveen railway station was on the Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) which ran from Farranfore to Valentia Harbour in the Republic of Ireland. The station served Cahersiveen in County Kerry.

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History

The station was opened on 12 September 1893.[1][2]

Cahersiveen was the main station towards the end of the branch, and was equipped with locomotive shed and turntable.[3] The final train of the day to Valentia would be returned the 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the harbour and stabled overnight, to be returned the next day.[3]

Cahersiveen was the principal settlement in the area, having 1,800 inhabitants and two hotels.[3] Horse-drawn buses, then later charabancs, would be available from the nearly hotel to take tourists round the Ring of Kerry scenic route.[4]

The station closed on 1 February 1960,[2] the last service train having run on 30 January 1960.[3]

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References

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    "Cahersiveen station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  2. [2]
    Murray & McNeill (1976), p. 147.
  3. [3]
    Casserley (1974), p. 54.
  4. [4]
    Bairstow (2011), p. 35.

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