Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway

Introduction

This roadside tramway extended the Ballinascarthy and Timoleague Junction Light Railway east to Courtmacsherry.






Dates

  /  /1888Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway
Incorporated.
  /  /1888Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway
Incorporated.
  /  /1891Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway
Extends the Ballinascarthy and Timoleague Junction Light Railway from Timoleague to Courtmacsherry.
  /  /1893Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway
Extended to Courtmacsherry pier.
  /  /1925Athenry and Tuam Extension to Claremorris Railway Ballinascarthy and Timoleague Junction Light Railway Ballinrobe and Claremorris Light Railway Baltimore Extension Railway Bantry Extension Railway Cavan and Leitrim Railway City of Dublin Junction Railways Clonakilty Extension Railway Cork and Macroom Direct Railway Cork and Muskerry Light Railway Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Cork City Railways Donoughmore Extension Railway Dublin and Kingstown Railway Dublin and South Eastern Railway Great Southern Railway Loughrea and Attymon Light Railway New Ross and Waterford Extension Railway Schull and Skibbereen Light Railway South Clare Railways Southern Railway [Ireland] Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Light Railway Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway Tralee and Dingle Light Railway Tralee and Fenit Railway Waterford and Tramore Railway West Carbery Tramways and Light Railways West Clare Railway
Merged to become Great Southern Railways.
01/06/1925Ballinascarthy and Timoleague Junction Light Railway Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway
Considered unsafe and closed.
01/09/1925Ballinascarthy and Timoleague Junction Light Railway Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway
After remedial work forced on the Great Southern Railways line re-opens.
  /  /1947Ballinascarthy and Timoleague Junction Light Railway Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway
Closed to regular traffic.
  /  /1961Ballinascarthy and Timoleague Junction Light Railway Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway
Closed.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Timoleague to Courtmacsherry

Timoleague station site, looking in the direction of Ballinascarthy on 30th June 2020. The single platform ran approximately where the pavement is now ...
Mark Poustie 30/06/2020
Looking north across the causeway to Timoleague, which was formerly shared by the road and the Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway. ...
Mark Poustie 30/06/2020
Timoleague Station, looking in the direction of Courtmacsherry, on 30th June 2020. This was the goods yard and there was a single road engine shed on ...
Mark Poustie 30/06/2020
Former railway causeway, just south of Timoleague, on the Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway. This is one of the few sections on ...
Mark Poustie 30/06/2020
Courtmacsherry station building is now known as Lobster Cottage, but carries this plaque to commemorate its former railway life. The plaque notes ...
Mark Poustie 30/06/2020
Replica Courtmacsherry station sign at the western edge of the village, well away from the actual station site, on 30th June 2020.
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Mark Poustie 30/06/2020
Courtmacsherry Station in June 2020. The neat blue station building is now a private house. ...
Mark Poustie 30/06/2020
Embankment carrying the trackbed of the Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Extension Light Railway eastwards into the seaside village of Courtmacsherry. ...
Mark Poustie 30/06/2020