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City of Dublin Junction Railway

Dates

/ /1884	City of Dublin Junction Railways Act passed to connect the Dublin and Kingstown Railway to other railways in Dublin (the 'Loop Line'). (Previously opposed by the London and North Western Railway for fear of loss of traffic from the Holyhead to Dublin North Wall route.)
12/12/1889	City of Dublin Junction Railways Opened to mail traffic from Kingstown Harbour to the Great Northern Railway [Ireland]. Contractor M Mead & Sons.
01/05/1891	City of Dublin Junction Railways Fully opened between Dublin Westland Row (end-on junction) and Dublin Amiens Street (where additional platforms were laid alongside the existing station, the junction being to the north east).
/ /1892	City of Dublin Junction Railways After opposition, the Dublin Amiens Street to Newcomen Bridge Junction curve opens.
/ /1893	City of Dublin Junction Railways The Dublin, Wicklow and Wexford Railway buys locomotives from Sharp, Stewart & Co to work through trains from its line over the Junction line and Liffey line to Islandbridge Junction for through traffic to the Great Southern and Western Railway.
/ /1925	Athenry 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.