RAILSCOT | Southern Railway [Ireland]

Southern Railway [Ireland]

Introduction

This line ran from Thurles to Clonmel.

Dates

/ /1865	Southern Railway [Ireland] Incorporated for a line between Thurles and Clonmel.
/ /1866	Southern Railway [Ireland] Construction begins.
/ /1879	Southern Railway [Ireland] Opened from Clonmel to Fethard.
/ /1880	Southern Railway [Ireland] Great Southern and Western Railway Thurles becomes junction station (actual divergence at Thurles Junction) when the line from Clonmel finally reaches the Great Southern and Western Railway. Worked by the Waterford and Limerick Railway.
/ /1916	Southern Railway [Ireland] Platform opened at Powerstown.
/ /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.
/ /1954	Southern Railway [Ireland] Rail mounted bus introduced.
/ /1963	Southern Railway [Ireland] Closed to regular passenger trains
/ /1967	Southern Railway [Ireland] Closed.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Thurles to Clonmel

Thurles

Horse and Jockey

Laffan's Bridge

Farranalean

Fethard

Clonmel

Inside Clonmel signal box, County Tipperary, April 1996. ...
Ian Dinmore /04/1996

CIE freights crossing at Clonmel, South Tipperary, in April 1996. ...
Ian Dinmore 11/04/1996

Books

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

The Monkland & Kirkintilloch and associated railways