Abbeyleix railway station
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Abbeyleix railway station served the town of Abbeyleix
in County Laois
, Republic of Ireland
.
The station opened on 1 March 1865. Passenger services were withdrawn on 1 January 1963 by the CIE
.
. It was absorbed into the Great Southern Railways in 1925.
The station was then nationalised, passing on to the Coras Iompair Éireann
as a result of the Transport Act 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945.
It was closed in 1963.
Abbeyleix
Abbeyleix is a town in County Laois, Ireland about from Portlaoise and located on the N77 national secondary route. Formerly the N8 National Primary Route ran through the centre of the town, making Abbeyleix an infamous bottleneck on the Dublin-Cork corridor with up to 15,000 vehicles passing...
in County Laois
County Laois
County Laois is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It was formerly known as Queen's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. The county's name was formerly spelt as Laoighis and Leix. Laois County Council...
, Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
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The station opened on 1 March 1865. Passenger services were withdrawn on 1 January 1963 by the CIE
Córas Iompair Éireann
Córas Iompair Éireann , or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of the Irish state, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the...
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History
Opened by the Kilkenny Junction Railway, by the beginning of the 20th century the station was run by the Great Southern and Western RailwayGreat Southern and Western Railway
The Great Southern and Western Railway was the largest Irish gauge railway company in Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
. It was absorbed into the Great Southern Railways in 1925.
The station was then nationalised, passing on to the Coras Iompair Éireann
Córas Iompair Éireann
Córas Iompair Éireann , or CIÉ, is a statutory corporation of the Irish state, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the...
as a result of the Transport Act 1944 which took effect from 1 January 1945.
It was closed in 1963.