RAILSCOT | Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway)

/ /1864	Dublin and Baltinglass Junction Railway Act passed, but construction does not commence. A later Act will approve the Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway).
/ /1881	Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Act for a line from Sallins to Baltinglass.
22/06/1885	Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Opened to Colbinstown. Contractor Robert Worthington. Double track as far as Naas.
01/09/1885	Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Extended to Baltinglass.
/ /1914	Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Tullow Extension Railway Ceases to be served by a slip coach which came off at Sallins.
/ /1932	Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Tullow Extension Railway Announcement of closure (did not close at this time).
/ /1937	Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Sallins to Naas singled.
10/03/1947	Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Tullow Extension Railway Regular goods trains cease. Cattle trains continue.
27/10/1947	Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Tullow Extension Railway Regular passenger trains cease. Specials to Naas continue.
21/03/1959	Baltinglass Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Tullow Extension Railway Closure of line after final special to Naas.