Glounthaune railway station () is an

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station serving the town of

Glounthaune Glounthaune () is a village in County Cork, Ireland, some east of Cork city, on the north shore of Cork Harbour, the estuary of the River Lee. History The village, originally named "New Glanmire", was built as a planned town on a tidal quay wa ...

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, Ireland. The station is at is the junction between

Cobh Cobh ( ,), known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. With a population of 14,148 inhabitants at the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census, Cobh is on the south si ...

and

Midleton Midleton (; , meaning "monastery at the weir") is a town in south-eastern County Cork, Ireland. It lies approximately 16 km east of Cork City on the Owenacurra River and the N25 road, which connects Cork to the port of Rosslare. A satelli ...

on the Cork Commuter line.

History

The station opened on 10 November 1859 by the Cork, Youghal & Queenstown Railway, with services initially only running onwards to

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. On 10 March 1862, passenger services began running to

from the junction as well. The line onward to

and

closed to passenger services in 1963 before re-opening again in August 2009 as far as Midleton The station was originally named "Queenstown Junction" and was renamed first "Cobh Junction" in 1928, and finally "Glounthaune" in 1994; tickets issued from Iarnród Éireann portable ticket machines still print the station name as "Cobh Jct".

Services

The station is unstaffed, with two ticket machines near the entrance in the carpark and two

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validators (one at the entrance and the other on the platform). There are two platforms serving the double track. Platform 1 is on the near side and is fully wheelchair accessible with eastbound trains from

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to Cobh and Midleton. There is a footbridge to bring passengers from platform 1 to platform 2 meaning there is no wheelchair access to platform 2 and the westbound trains running to Little Island and Cork city. As of 2020,

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published plans to add more parking spaces (48 as of January 2020) and to improve accessibility to bicycles and improve onward bus connections in the 2020s. With around 40 trains per day in each direction, this is a frequent commuter station with four trains per hour running into Cork city at peak time on weekdays and twice per hour (1 from Cobh and 1 from Midleton) off peak. Travel time to

:11 minutes,

:13 minutes and

:14 minutes. The station is usually served by IE 2600 Class diesel trains in 2 or 4 carriage setups. Under the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy, published in 2019, it was planned to increase services to the station and potentially electrify the line by approximately 2040.

Gallery

File:Glounthaune railway station in 2008.jpg, Glounthaune railway station in 2008 before the Midleton line was reopened File:Cobh Junction Station, Co Cork, 1973 - geograph.org.uk - 362615.jpg, Cobh Junction in 1973 with the line to

on the left.

References

External links

Glounthane Station on IrishRail.ie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glounthaune Railway Station Iarnród Éireann stations in County Cork Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 2009 Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1859