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
| / /1888 | Bantry Bay Extension Railway Recommended by the Allport Commission. |
| / /1889 | Bantry Bay Extension Railway Incorporated. |
| / /1892 | Bantry Bay Extension Railway Extends the Bantry Extension Railway from by the original Bantry Bay terminus (then abandoned) to a new terminus and pier line. |
| / /1924 | Bantry Bay Extension Railway
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway
Great Southern and Western Railway
Midland Great Western Railway Absorbed by Great Southern Railway. |
| / /1961 | Cork 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
