Askeaton railway station

Askeaton
Steam train passing Askeaton station in 1972
General information
Location	Askeaton, County Limerick Ireland
Coordinates	52.5912°N 8.9802°W / 52.5912; -8.9802
Elevation	43 feet (13 m)
Line(s)	Limerick–Foynes
Platforms	1
Tracks	1
History
Opened	12 May 1857
Closed	4 February 1963
Original company	Limerick and Foynes, Waterford and Limerick
Pre-grouping	Great Southern and Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Ballingrane   Great Southern and Western Railway Waterford and Limerick Limerick and Foynes   Foynes

v t e Limerick–Foynes
Limerick Colbert To Limerick Junction Castlemungret Cement Factory Patrickswell to Cork Kilgobbin Adare Ballingrane Junction to Tralee Askeaton Foynes

Askeaton railway station is a disused train station which served Askeaton in County Limerick, Ireland from the mid-19th until the mid-20th century. Built c. 1857, the limestone station house is included in the Record of Protected Structures for County Limerick.[1]

History

The station was opened by the Waterford and Limerick and Limerick and Foynes railways, then it was absorbed into the Great Southern and Western Railway. In 1924 the Railways Act passed by the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State moved the station to the Great Southern Railway. In 1925 another merger led to management by the Great Southern Railways. Then it was moved to the CIÉ by the Transport Act 1944 from 1 January 1945, on nationalisation.[2]

The station was closed to passenger traffic by CIÉ on 4 February 1963 and freight on 2 December 1974. Trains on the Limerick–Foynes railway line continued to pass through Askeaton until the line effectively lost all its freight services in 2000.[3]

Structures

The station building and platform still stand next to the mothballed railway, with some of the station structures in use as a private house since the line was closed in 2003.[4] The station house is a protected structure.[1][5]

Further reading

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.^[page needed]
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.^[page needed]

References

1. "Volume 3: Record of Protected Structures" (PDF). Limerick County Development Plan 2010-2016. Limerick County Council. November 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
2. "Transport Act 1944". Irish Statute book. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007.
3. Coleman, Joe (October 2013). "Limerick as a Railway Centre". Irish Railway Record Society. 182. Archived from the original on 30 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
4. "Askeaton Railway Station, Aghalacka, Askeaton, Limerick". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. 26 October 2008. Detached former railway station building, built c. 1857. Now in use as a house [..] This building was in use as a station for the Limerick to Foynes Railway line until 2003
5. "Station Road Residents Vow to Continue Campaign". limerickleader.ie. Archived from the original on 3 July 2012.