Banteer railway station explained

Banteer railway station is a station on the Mallow to Tralee railway line and serves the village of Banteer in County Cork, Ireland. It is the next adjacent station to Kanturk, County Cork.

The station opened on 16 April 1853 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 September 1976.^[1]

The branch to Newmarket closed to passengers in 1944, reopened for a year in 1946, then carried only occasional livestock trains until CIÉ applied to close it in 1954.^[2]

External links

• Irish Rail Banteer Station Website

52.1289°N -8.8986°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Banteer station. Railscot - Irish Railways . 2007-08-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. 26 September 2007 . live.
2. The Railway Magazine . June 1954 . 433 . B.W.C. . Cooke . Tothill Press . Westminster . 638 . 100 . Branch Line Closing in Ireland .