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Bishopstown railway station was on the Cork and Macroom Direct Railway in County Cork, Ireland. History. The station opened on 1 May 1912. Regular passenger services ...
Bishopstown (Irish: Baile an Easpaig, meaning 'town of the Bishop') [1] is a suburb of Cork, located in the south west of the city.It is made-up of the townlands of Ballineaspigbeg and Ballineaspigmore (sometimes spelled Ballinaspigmore), [2] and is located in the civil parish of St. Finbar's in the historical Barony of Cork.
Bishopton station viewed from Station Road. The train is bound for Glasgow Central.. Bishopton is served by five services per hour (off-peak, Mon-Sat): four to/from Gourock, and one to/from Wemyss Bay with five per hour in the other direction to and from Glasgow Central (three limited stop expresses and two all stops locals).
The Cork City Railways were constructed in 1911 and opened in 1912 to connect the Irish standard gauge systems north and south of the River Lee in Cork, Ireland. [1]In the 19th century Cork city had a population of the order of 80,000 [2] and was served by up to five operating companies, mostly to separate stations around the city.
A train departing from Cobh. The Cork Suburban Rail (Irish: Iarnród Fobhailteach Chorcaí) network serves areas in and around Cork city in Ireland. There has been a suburban rail system in Cork since the middle of the 19th century; however, it was subject to line closures in the 20th century. The city also had a tram network - a short-lived ...
The Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway (CB&PR) was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway in County Cork, Ireland. The line originally opened in 1850 as a 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) Irish standard gauge railway between Cork and Passage West and operated steam feeder ferries to other locations round Cork Harbour. The company was heavily dependent on ...
The Dublin–Cork Main Line is the main InterCity railway route in Ireland between Dublin Heuston and Cork Kent. In 2018, 3.46 million passengers travelled on the line, a 10% increase from 2017 figures.
The station is the only one of the six Cork railway stations that still exists today. The station served as a filming location for the 1979 movie The First Great Train Robbery starring Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down. On 24 February 2012, the station briefly shut due to a gas leak. [2]