Ballinhassig
The very inconveniently sited Ballinhassig Station, a stiff climb up from Halfway around half a mile away. The platform is visible and the former station masters house is now a private dwelling. Bandon is to the left and Cork to the right with the track entering Ballinhassig or Goggins Hill Tunnel, now blocked by a new house and garden. There was a ropeway here from Ballinphellic Brickworks about 3.5 miles distant down hill which gives some idea of the steep gradient. This was the temporary eastern terminus of the line from Bandon between 1849 and 1851 when the extension to Cork was opened. Closed 1961.
Location: Ballinhassig
Original line: Cork and Bandon Railway
Photographer: Mark Poustie
Contact photographer: Mark Poustie
Date: 20/07/2020
Image number: 76180
