The present station occupies only a small part of the old station building. The original station was expanded greatly during the latter part of the 19th century as it served what was then Ireland's largest emigration port which was also an important way-point as the last port between Western Europe and North America. The station was also the main receiving centre for mails for Ireland and Britain from the United States and Canada. Mail would be brought by ship to Cobh, processed and forwarded by mail express trains to Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire) on the outskirts of Dublin and on to Holyhead. This was faster than conveying by ship directly to Liverpool.[5]
It is famous for being the station where hundreds of survivors of the RMS Lusitania disaster left the town of Cobh after surviving the sinking.[citation needed]
With the development and growth of transatlantic air traffic Cobh lost its importance as a mail and passenger centre. A significant part of the train station remained largely unused until the opening of the Cobh Heritage Centre in the front part of the station in the 1980s. At that time the station was also reduced to a single platform. The freight yard of the station has now become a public carpark while another part of the station has become a covered carpark for Cobh Garda Station.[citation needed]
cobh, railway, station, serves, town, cobh, county, cork, located, brick, building, adjacent, town, cobh, heritage, centre, cobhan, cóbhgeneral, informationlocationcobhirelandcoordinates51, 848688, 300944, 848688, 300944owned, byiarnród, Éireannoperated, byiar. Cobh railway station serves the town of Cobh County Cork It is located in a red brick building adjacent to the town s Cobh Heritage Centre CobhAn CobhGeneral informationLocationCobhIrelandCoordinates51 50 55 N 8 18 03 W 51 848688 N 8 300944 W 51 848688 8 300944Owned byIarnrod EireannOperated byIarnrod EireannPlatforms1ConstructionStructure typeAt gradeCobh Heritage Centre once the lobby of the town s railway stationHMS Warspite at Queenstown in the 1890svteMallow Youghal Cobh railway lineLegendDublin to Cork mainlineMallow Waterford line closed MallowMallow Tralee lineMourne Abbey closed Rathduff closed Blarney closed Cork KentTivoli closed Dunkettle closed Little IslandGlounthauneCarrigtwohillMidletonMogeely closed Killeagh closed Youghal closed FotaCarrigaloeRushbrookeCobhIt is the terminus of the on Cork Cobh section of the Cork Suburban Rail line Travel to Glounthaune station to transfer to Midleton 1 Contents 1 Description 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDescription EditThe station is staffed part time and has a single platform The station is accessible only via a steep ramp 2 History EditThe station opened 10 March 1862 and was closed for goods traffic on 3 November 1975 3 It began life as the terminus of the Cobh then Queenstown section of the Cork Youghal amp Queenstown Railway 4 The present station occupies only a small part of the old station building The original station was expanded greatly during the latter part of the 19th century as it served what was then Ireland s largest emigration port which was also an important way point as the last port between Western Europe and North America The station was also the main receiving centre for mails for Ireland and Britain from the United States and Canada Mail would be brought by ship to Cobh processed and forwarded by mail express trains to Kingstown now Dun Laoghaire on the outskirts of Dublin and on to Holyhead This was faster than conveying by ship directly to Liverpool 5 It is famous for being the station where hundreds of survivors of the RMS Lusitania disaster left the town of Cobh after surviving the sinking citation needed With the development and growth of transatlantic air traffic Cobh lost its importance as a mail and passenger centre A significant part of the train station remained largely unused until the opening of the Cobh Heritage Centre in the front part of the station in the 1980s At that time the station was also reduced to a single platform The freight yard of the station has now become a public carpark while another part of the station has become a covered carpark for Cobh Garda Station citation needed See also EditList of railway stations in Ireland Metropolitan Cork Cork Suburban RailReferences Edit http www irishrail ie index jsp p 119 amp n 147 Archived 2019 04 02 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rail Printable Timetables http www irishrail ie index jsp p 120 amp n 151 Archived 2012 01 23 at the Wayback Machine Irish Rail Accessibility Guide Cobh station PDF Railscot Irish Railways Archived PDF from the original on 2 March 2011 Retrieved 31 August 2007 5c On Track Cork amp its Railway Heritage Cork Heritage corkheritage ie Archived from the original on 22 April 2012 Retrieved 25 June 2021 Railway Lines Iarnrod Eireann Irish Rail Archived from the original on 7 May 2012 Retrieved 7 April 2012 External links EditIrish Rail Cobh Station Website Cobh Heritage CentrePreceding station Iarnrod Eireann Following stationRushbrooke CommuterCork Cobh Terminus This Ireland railway station related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cobh railway station amp oldid 1164753186, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
