Cork and Muskerry Light Railway

Introduction

This line opened from Cork Western Road to Blarney [CandMR]. Later extensions took it to Coachford and Donoughmore.





Dates

  /  /1883Cork and Muskerry Light Railway
Incorporated. (Or 1886?)
  /  /1887Cork and Muskerry Light Railway
Cork Western Road to Blarney [CandMLR] opened.
  /  /1888Cork and Muskerry Light Railway
Coachford Junction to Coachford opened.
  /  /1893Donoughmore Extension Railway
Opened from St Anne's [CandMLR] (Cork and Muskerry Light Railway) to Donoughmore.
  /  /1898Cork Electric Tramways and Lighting Co Ltd
Cork tramways built with a gauge to allow the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway access via the tramlines to the quaysides in Cork, a connection being made near Cork Western Road.
  /  /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.
  /  /1925Cork and Muskerry Light Railway
Blarney [CandMLR] to Coachford Junction closed.
30/09/1931Cork and Muskerry Light Railway
Tramways closed.
  /  /1934Cork and Muskerry Light Railway Donoughmore Extension Railway
Closed by the Great Southern Railways company.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Cork Western Road to Blarney

Cork Western Road to Blarney.

Western Road Station, Cork, and the former bridge over the River Lee in May 2019. The station site lies beneath the River Lee Hotel and the adjacent ...
Mark Poustie 25/05/2019
Although a number of trains are advertised at Blarney, the last one departed on 29th December 1934 when the 3ft gauge system closed and only cars ...
Mark Poustie 28/09/2019
The 3ft gauge line, from Cork Western Road station to the terminus at Blarney, opened in 1887. Additional branches to Coachford and Donoughmore ...
Mark Poustie 28/09/2019
The 3ft gauge C&MLR line was opened to a terminus at Blarney in 1887, and closed on 29 December 1934. I must confess to have been very surprised to ...
Mark Poustie 28/09/2019
The former station at Blarney on the Cork & Muskerry Light Railway, seen on 20 May 2008. The building is now preserved as a tourist shop. ...
Colin Miller 20/05/2008


Coachford Branch

Cork Western Road to Blarney [CandMR].