Cahersiveen railway station

Cahersiveen
Viaduct just north of the station. Photograph taken on 15 September 2008
General information
Location	Cahersiveen, County Kerry Ireland
Coordinates	51°56′54″N 10°13′40″W / 51.94836°N 10.2277°W / 51.94836; -10.2277
Elevation	4.3 metres (14 ft)
Platforms	1
History
Original company	Great Southern and Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Post-grouping	CIÉ
Key dates
12 September 1893	Station opens
1 February 1960	Station closes

Cahersiveen railway station was on the Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) which ran from Farranfore to Valentia Harbour in the Republic of Ireland. The station served Cahersiveen in County Kerry.

The station was opened on 12 September 1893.^[1][2]

Cahersiveen was the main station towards the end of the branch, and was equipped with locomotive shed and turntable.^[3] The final train of the day to Valentia would be returned the 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the harbour and stabled overnight, to be returned the next day.^[3]

Cahersiveen was the principal settlement in the area, having 1,800 inhabitants and two hotels.^[3] Horse-drawn buses, then later charabancs, would be available from the nearly hotel to take tourists round the Ring of Kerry scenic route.^[4]

The station closed on 1 February 1960,^[2] the last service train having run on 30 January 1960.^[3]

• Bairstow, Martin (2011). Railways in Ireland. Vol. Part Four:Great Southern & Western. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 9781871944402.
• Casserley, H. C. (1974). Outline of Irish Railway History. Newton Abbot & North Pomfret: David & Charles. ISBN 0715363778. OCLC 249227042.
• Murray, K. A.; McNeill, D. B. (1976). The Great Southern & Western Railway. Irish Railway Record Society. ISBN 0904078051. OCLC 3069424.

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