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Many road car routes connected with the line, including the route from Bantry to Killarney. Following absorption into the GSR and the network could be referred to as the West Cork Railways [a] or variations thereof, this also encompassing the former previously independent Cork and Macroom Direct Railway and the Timoleague and Courtmacsherry ...
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 Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (CB&SCR) was one of the major Irish railways; incorporated 1845, the first section opened 1851. It operated from Cork, serving towns along the southern coastal strip to the west of the city. It had a route length of 150 km (93.75 mi), all single line.
The gauge of 900 mm (2 ft 11 + 7 ⁄ 16 in) was designed to be compatible with that of the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway so it could operate over some of the light railways route. The tram network also linked to the Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway the gauge of which was reduced from 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm ) to 3 ft ( 914 mm ) at this time ...
An 8 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile-long (14 km) extension was built north-westerly from St Annes (on the Blarney branch) to Donoughmore.The line was opened in 1893. It was legally a separate company (the Donoughmore Extension Light Railway Company, incorporated in 1889) but worked as a part of the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway.
William Dargan, Ireland's foremost railway contractor, built much of the GS&WR's main line and a number of its other routes.. The directors chose to begin by construction of the 32.5 mi (52.3 km) stretch of the Dublin – Cork main line as far as Cherryville Junction just west of Kildare and the 23.5 mi (37.8 km) branch to Carlow with contracts shared between McCormack and Dargan.
The area was linked in 1849 by the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway, sometimes known as the West Cork Railway. [13] This railway line began in Cork City, travelled across the county and had branches to Clonakilty (junction at Gaggin) and Skibbereen (junction at Drimoleague), before terminating at Bantry. It closed in 1961.
The company wanted independence from the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway which was charging £2,000 per annum for the privilege, so it built a new terminus on Summerhill South road fed by a link from Ballyphehane Junction. Cork Capwell railway station cost £28,000 (equivalent to £3,596,035 in 2023), [2] and opened in September 1879. The ...