Abbeyleix railway station

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Abbeyleix Mainistir Laoise
Train at Abbeyleix station, 1910
Location	Ballacolla Rd. Abbeyleix, County Laois Ireland
Coordinates	52°54′31″N 7°21′22″W / 52.908592°N 7.356170°W / 52.908592; -7.356170
Elevation	323 ft
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
History
Opened	1865
Closed	1963
Original company
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

Abbeyleix railway station served the town of Abbeyleix in County Laois, Ireland.

The station opened on 1 March 1865. Passenger services were withdrawn on 1 January 1963 by the CIÉ.

History[]

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 the Córas Iompair Éireann as a result of the Transport Act, 1944^[1] which took effect from 1 January 1945. It was closed in 1963.

The clock which was in the waiting room at the station and a working scale model of the station can be seen at Heritage House, Abbeyleix.

References[]

Further reading[]

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.

External links[]

• Heritage House^{[permanent dead link]}

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