Ardfert railway station
Ardfert railway station served the village of Ardfert in County Kerry, Ireland.
Ardfert Ard Fhearta | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Ardfert, County Kerry Ireland | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Original company | Limerick and Kerry Railway | ||||||||||
| Pre-grouping | Great Southern and Western Railway | ||||||||||
| Post-grouping | Great Southern Railways | ||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||
| 20 December 1880 | Station opens | ||||||||||
| 4 February 1963 | Station closes to passengers | ||||||||||
| 6 February 1978 | Station closes entirely | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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The station opened on 20 December 1880. Passenger services were withdrawn on 4 February 1963, although the route through Ardfert continued to be used by freight trains for a while before the line to Listowel was finally closed altogether in 1977 and then to Tralee 1978. The station closed on 6 February 1978.[1]
References
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
- Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.
- "Ardfert station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 7 September 2007.
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