Bantry Bay Extension Railway

Introduction

This short line extended the Bantry Extension Railway to a pier. Bantry [Union Hill], the original terminus, was replaced.





Dates

  /  /1888Bantry Bay Extension Railway
Recommended by the Allport Commission.
  /  /1889Bantry Bay Extension Railway
Incorporated.
  /  /1892Bantry Bay Extension Railway
Extends the Bantry Extension Railway from by the original Bantry Bay terminus (then abandoned) to a new terminus and pier line.
  /  /1924Bantry Bay Extension Railway Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway Great Southern and Western Railway Midland Great Western Railway
Absorbed by Great Southern Railway.
  /  /1961Cork and Bandon Railway Clonakilty Extension Railway West Cork Railways Ilen Valley Railway Baltimore Extension Railway Bantry Extension Railway Bantry Bay Extension Railway
Closed. The terminus at Cork Albert Quay remains open as a goods depot, accessed by the Cork City Railways.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Bantry to Bantry Pier

The former station site at Bantry is now covered by a road and a Supervalu supermarket. However, remarkably, the ruined former single road engine ...
Mark Poustie 30/06/2020
A view westwards into the ruined former single road engine shed at Bantry which has somehow managed to survive the redevelopment of the former station ...
Mark Poustie 30/06/2020
Site of Bantry station, now a Supervalu supermarket, in July 2020. Remarkably, the ruined single road engine shed survives in the car park, just ...
Mark Poustie 20/07/2020
Bantry Railway Pier, Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway, on 19th January 2020. The CB&SCR reached Bantry in 1881. The station was off to the left and ...
Mark Poustie 19/01/2020
Bantry Railway Pier, Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway, looking east on 19th January 2020. You can see where the space for the railway track in the ...
Mark Poustie 19/01/2020