Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway

Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway (CB&SCR), was an Irish gauge (1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)) railway in Ireland. It opened in 1849 as the Cork and Bandon Railway (C&BR), changed its name to Cork Bandon and South Coast Railway in 1888 and became part of the Great Southern Railway (GSR) in 1924.

Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway
1920 map of the railway
Overview
Dates of operation1849 (1849)1961 (1961)
SuccessorGreat Southern Railways
Technical
Track gauge5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)
Length94 miles 10 chains (151.5 km) (1919)
Track length112 miles 60 chains (181.5 km) (1919)
Route map
Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway
(Cork City Railways)
Cork Albert Quay
Waterfall
Ballinhassig
Junction
Ballymartle
Farrangalway
Kinsale
Upton and Innishannon
Clonakilty Junction
Ballinascarthy
Clonakilty
Skeaf
Timoleague
Courtmacsherry
Desert
Ballineen and Enniskean
Dunmanway
Knuckbue
Drimoleague
Durrus Road
Bantry
Bantry Town
Madore
Skibbereen
Creagh
Baltimore

The CB&SCR served the south coast of County Cork between Cork and Bantry. It had a route length of 94 miles (151 km), all of it single track. Many road car routes connected with the line, including the route from Bantry to Killarney.

Following absorption into the GSR and the network could be referred to as the West Cork Railways or variations thereof, this also encompassing the former previously independent Cork and Macroom Direct Railway and the Timoleague and Courtmacsherry Railway.

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