Attanagh railway station
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Attanagh | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Attanagh, County Laois Ireland | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 52°49′59″N 7°21′07″W / 52.833°N 7.352°W | ||||||||||
| Elevation | 281 ft | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Original company | Kilkenny Junction Railway | ||||||||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Southern and Western Railway | ||||||||||
| Post-grouping | Great Southern Railways | ||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||
| 1 March 1865 | Station opens | ||||||||||
| 1 September 1866 | Station closes | ||||||||||
| 1 May 1867 | Station reopens | ||||||||||
| 1 January 1963 | Station closes | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Attanagh railway station served the village of Attanagh in County Laois, Ireland.
The station opened on 1 March 1865. Passenger services were withdrawn on 1 January 1963 by CIÉ.
History
[edit]Opened by the Kilkenny Junction Railway, by the beginning of the 20th century the station was run by the Great Southern and Western Railway. It was absorbed into the Great Southern Railways in 1925.
The station was then nationalised, passing on to Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act 1944[1] which took effect from 1 January 1945. It was closed in 1963.
References
[edit]- ^ "(untitled)". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 26 April 2007.
Further reading
[edit]- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
External links
[edit]- Dorgan, Dermot (4 April 2012) [recorded 29 March 2012]. A history of Attanagh Railway Station. Youtube.
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