Cobh

Location type


Names and dates

Queenstown (1862-1924)
Cobh (1924-)

Opened on the Cork and Youghal Railway.






Dates

  /  /1852Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway
Creates a company to run steamers from Passage [1st] to Monkstown and Queenstown.
  /  /1855Cork and Youghal Railway
Act for a branch to Queenstown.
10/03/1862Cork and Youghal Railway
Queenstown Junction to Queenstown opened.
  /  /1882Cork and Youghal Railway
Queenstown Junction to Queenstown doubled.
  /  /1889Cork and Youghal Railway
Queenstown rebuilt and line extended a little.
  /  /1896Cork and Youghal Railway
Queenstown Junction rebuilt to make Queenstown the main line and allow faster running. Youghal becomes the branch.
08/08/1922Cork and Youghal Railway
Dublin to Queenstown through trains withdrawn when viaducts approaching Great Island are blown up.
14/07/1924Cork and Youghal Railway
Queenstown renamed Cobh.
  /  /1978Cork and Youghal Railway
Cork to Youghal and Cobh closed to goods.