Blarney railway station

Blarney
Blarney at Blarney in 1888
General information
Location	Blarney, County Cork Ireland
Coordinates	51.9317°N 8.5680°W / 51.9317; -8.5680
History
Original company	Cork and Muskerry Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Cork and Muskerry Light Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
8 August 1887	Station opens
31 December 1934	Station closes

Blarney railway station was a terminus station on the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway (CMLR) in County Cork, Ireland. The station served Blarney, and was located on the south side of the town's main square, with Blarney Castle a short walk to the south west.[1]

History

The station opened on 8 August 1887 when the CMLR began public operations.[2] Services were mostly one per two hours from 9am to 8pm, the first class return fare 1s 8p and the third class half that.[2]

Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1934.[2][3]

Layout and routes

Diesel engine (B-114) pulling in to the station in July 1959

The station had a run-round loop, 3 dead end sidings, a turntable and a goods shed.[1] Some of the station's structures remain, including the platform and station building, with the latter now occupied by a tourist gift shop.[4]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
St. Anne's		Cork and Muskerry Light Railway Cork-Coachford		Terminus

GS&WR Station

The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) also had a station serving Blarney on their Mallow to Cork section of main line which had been open since 18 October 1849 and which had already been responsible for vastly increasing the number of tourists.[5] That station closed in 1963.[6]

References

Notes

1. Jenkins & Newham (1992), p. 53.
2. Jenkins & Newham (1992), p. 13.
3. "Blarney (CM)" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
4. "Cork and Muskerry Light Railway Line". aloadofblarney.ie. 6 December 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
5. Jenkins & Newham (1992), p. 49.
6. "Blarney". eiretrains.com.

Sources

• R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
• Jenkins, Stanley C.; Newham, A.T. (1992) [1968]. The Cork and Muskerry Light Railway (2 ed.). Oxford: Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-407-5. OCLC 221272762.