This was four months before the main Dublin to Cork railway opened. This was four months before the main Dublin to Cork railway opened. When the Pennsylvania Railroad took over the line, Cork Run Tunnel was known as Tunnel 2 on the Panhandle Division. With the growing commercial importance of Passage West, a railway link to Cork City was an obvious development. In July 1856, the passenger building and train shed at Penrose Quay was erected.

The original GS&WR station for the Glanmire line was located directly in front of the portal of the tunnel through which the railway into Cork passed, while the original C&Y terminus was above the tunnel portal. The extension to Carrigaline, running through Raffeen, was ready in June 1903.

Railway tunnel, built 1855; 1355 yards in length having massive rusticated limestone entrance archway. On the 19thJuly 1854, the tunnel was completely bored through and was opened in 1855. On December 8 th, 1851 the section from Ballinhassig to Cork was opened. Cork City Railway Station. Set of photographs taken at locations on the former Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway: - Cork - Bantry - Clonakilty Junction - Clonakilty - Ballinascarty - Courtmacsherry - Drimoleague - Skibbereen - Skibbereen - Baltimore - Crossbarry - Kinsale Click here for collections of photographs taken by Fred Dean of the West Cork railway station. The purpose of the new station was to allow through running of trains after the 1865 takeover of the C&Y by the GS&WR. On 1st June 1904, the entire Cork to Crosshaven railway … 2) HAER No. Appraisal The massive entrance arch is partly obscured by the Lower Glanmire Road, but the tunnel's technical value is as important as the streetscape value. 300 men were engaged in the construction of the massive tunnel at Goggin’s Hill, Ballinhassig, which was 900 yards long. CORK RUN TUNNEL (Berry Street Tunnel) (Tunnel No. Company at a mileage rate, until purchased in 1879. All the commercial life of West Cork passed through the railway stations. It was on June 30th, 1849 that West Cork’s first train ran from Ballinhassig to Bandon, a distance of ten miles. Follow This entry was posted in Cork , Urbex and tagged abandoned , abandoned tunnel , ballinhassig , cork , cork city , dark , goggins hill , gogginshill , railway tunnel , tunnel , urbex . THE Cork and Bandon Ry. This was four months before the main Dublin to Cork railway opened. 300 men were engaged in the construction of the massive tunnel at Goggin’s Hill, Ballinhassig, which was 900 yards long.

was incorporated 1845, and opened for traffic December, 1851, between Bandon and Ballinhassig, a service of coaches being maintained pending the comletion of the tunnel between the latter place and Cork. In the early 1850s, the viaducts between Mallow and Cork were put in place along with the bridges over the old Dublin Road and Spring Lane. Although mooted for years, work on the laying of the railway line did not start until 1847. Nor here! Last Updated: 30th March, 2019 C Cork Railway Station is located on the Lower Glanmire Road just a 10 minute walk from both Cork City Centre Cork Bus Station at Parnell Place. Built in 1851 and closed in 1961, Goggin’s Hill Tunnel currently stands as the longest abandoned railway tunnel in the Republic of Ireland. On December 8 th, 1851 the section from Ballinhassig to Cork was opened. The Railway Station services the following cities and towns, Dublin, Limerick, Tralee, Mallow, Midleton, Carrigtwohill, Cobh, Limerick & Limerick Junction, Waterford and also Fota Wildlife Park