Mogeely | |
Native Name: | Magh Eile |
Native Name Lang: | ga |
Borough: | Mogeely, County Cork |
Country: | Ireland |
Map Type: | Ireland County Cork#Ireland |
Original: | Cork and Youghal Railway |
Pregroup: | Great Southern and Western Railway |
Postgroup: | Great Southern Railways |
Years: | 17 February 1860 |
Events: | Station opens |
Years1: | 4 February 1963 |
Events1: | Station closes |
Years2: | Late 2019 |
Events2: | Plans for repurposing the railway into a Greenway secured |
Years3: | Early 2022 |
Events3: | Construction of the Greenway starts |
Mogeely railway station served the village of Mogeely in County Cork, Ireland.
The station opened on 17 February 1860. Regular passenger services were withdrawn on 4 February 1963.[1]
The line was closed to all goods traffic except wagonload on 2 December 1974, closed to wagonload traffic except beet on 2 June 1978 and to beet traffic on 30 August 1982.
The Department of Transport announced that they will be spending €9m turning the railway station into a public Greenway. The Greenway will be a 23 km long strip of the now abandoned Midleton to Youghal railway line. It will also be the first Greenway built in County Cork. The Greenway will be a walking and cycling route through East Cork which will connect the towns and villages of Midleton, Mogeely, Killeagh and Youghal.[2]
The Midleton to Youghal Greenway is currently under construction, and they plan to open the Midleton-Mogeely section of the Greenway in Summer 2023 (although the dates are not confirmed). They aim to open the full Midleton to Youghal Greenway sometime in early-mid 2024.[3]
Originally, the Greenway was set to be completed in late 2022, but the construction of the Greenway was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.