Limerick and Foynes Railway

Introduction

This line ran south west out of Limerick before turning north west at Ballingrane to reach Foynes.





Dates

  /  /1853Limerick and Foynes Railway
Authorised.
  /  /1856Limerick and Foynes Railway
Opened from Limerick to Rathkeale [1st] (contractor William Dargan).
  /  /1857Limerick and Foynes Railway
Extended from Rathkeale [1st] to Askeaton.
  /  /1858Limerick and Foynes Railway
Extended from Askeaton to Foynes. Ferry connections continue the service to Kildysart and Kilrush.
  /  /1862Cork and Limerick Direct Railway
Opened from Charleville (Great Southern and Western Railway) to Patrickswell (Limerick and Foynes Railway). Worked by the GS&WR.
  /  /1867Limerick and Foynes Railway
Rathkeale [1st] renamed Ballingrane Junction.
  /  /1867Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway
Opened from Ballingrane Junction (Limerick and Foynes Railway) westwards to Newcastle West.
  /  /1963Limerick and Foynes Railway Rathkeale and Newcastle Junction Railway Limerick and Kerry Railway
Closed to passengers.
  /  /1993Silvermines Branch Limerick and Castleconnell Railway Waterford and Limerick Railway Limerick and Foynes Railway
Silvermines to Foynes flow of barytes, lead and zinc ceases.
  /  /2000Limerick and Foynes Railway
Last freight train, carrying molasses.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Limerick to Foynes

Platform scene at Askeaton station, Co Limerick, on the Foynes branch, photographed in 1988. The station had lost its passenger service in 1963. ...
Ian Dinmore //1988

This was the terminus of a line from Limerick, opened in 1858.
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Looking over the old station at Foynes, County Limerick, in 1988. View from the abandoned signal box. ...
Ian Dinmore //1988
The road approach to Foynes station, Co Limerick, in July 1988. The station was closed to passenger traffic in February 1963 but freight traffic ...
Ian Dinmore 04/07/1988
The abandoned station at Foynes, County Limerick, in 1991. ...
Bill Roberton //1991
The ultimate PW trolley - Foynes, Co Limerick, 1988. ...
Ian Dinmore //1988