Banteer railway station

Banteer railway station is a station on the Mallow to Tralee railway line and serves the village of Banteer in County Cork, Ireland. It is the next adjacent station to Kanturk, County Cork.

Mallow–Tralee
Waterford–Mallow railway line
Mallow
Lombardstown
Banteer
Newmarket branch line
Rathcool
Millstreet
Rathmore
Kenmare branch line
Headford Junction
Killarney
Ballybrack
Farranfore
for Kerry Airport
Castleisland branch line
Gortatlea
Tralee
Fenit branch line
Limerick–Tralee line

The station opened on 16 April 1853 and was closed for goods traffic on 2 September 1976.

The 9 miles (14 km) branch to Newmarket closed to passengers in 1944, reopened for a year in 1946, then carried only occasional livestock trains until CIÉ applied to close it in 1954.

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