Kilkenny Junction Railway
Introduction
This railway ran from Kilkenny to Abbeyleix and Maryborough. The extreme northern end of the line is in use as sidings.
Dates
| / /1860 | Kilkenny Junction Railway Incorporated. |
| 01/03/1865 | Kilkenny Junction Railway Opened from Kilkenny to Abbeyleix. |
| 01/09/1866 | Kilkenny Junction Railway Due to little traffic, Kilkenny to Abbeyleix temporarily closed while line is completed. |
| 01/05/1867 | Kilkenny Junction Railway Kilkenny to Abbeyleix re-opened. Abbeyleix to Maryborough opened from Kilkenny to Maryborough on the Great Southern and Western Railway, where a connection is not made but a line runs into a bay platform. |
| / /1885 | Central Ireland Railway Opened from Maryborough (Connibery Junction on the former Kilkenny Junction Railway) to Mountmellick. |
| / /1896 | Kilkenny Junction Railway Absorbed by Waterford and Central Ireland Railway. |
| / /1901 | Great Southern and Western Railway
Kilkenny Junction Railway Junction installed at Maryborough. |
| / /1919 | Castlecomer Branch Connecting with the former Kilkenny Junction Railway, Kilkenny (Castlecomer Junction) to Castlecomer opened. Built by British Government. |
| 01/01/1963 | Kilkenny Junction Railway Kilkenny to Abbeyleix to Maryborough closed. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Kilkenny to Maryborough
The 1828 to Waterford runs into Kilkenny station behind IE 212 on 17 May 2008. The locomotive will run round here before setting off on the final leg ...Colin Miller 17/05/2008
The current station at Kilkenny, fashioned from the former goods shed, seen on 17 May 2008. ...
Colin Miller 17/05/2008
Remains of the old through station at Kilkenny in May 2008 - the line, which is now lifted, formerly continued to Maryborough on the main line from ...Colin Miller 17/05/2008
Part of the restored station at Maryborough, Victoria, in May 2013. The lengthy single platform here is visited by two DMU services per day. See image ...Colin Miller 28/05/2013
There is a standard gauge line into and beyond Maryborough from Ararat which shows no sign of recent use. This image shows the somewhat crude ...Colin Miller /06/2013
The impressive station building at Maryborough, Victoria, in 2013. Maryborough (pop c 7600) was described by Mark Twain as a railway station with a ...Colin Miller 02/06/2013
