1976

R2834 : Disused railway, Newcastle West (1976-2)

taken 49 years ago, near to Newcastle West, Co Limerick, Ireland

Disused railway, Newcastle West (1976-2)
Disused railway, Newcastle West (1976-2)
The view from the Station Road bridge with the line to Tralee on the left and to Limerick on the right.
Disused railway, Newcastle West 12 July 1976

Newcastle West was an intermediate station on the railway between Limerick and Tralee. The line from the Limerick direction opened in 1867 and from Newcastle West to Tralee in 1880. Through trains had to reverse at the station which had been built as two stations side-by-side. The entire line closed to passengers in 1963. It remained open for goods traffic until 1975 when the service was withdrawn between Limerick and Listowel (over the Barnagh Bank). Listowel to Tralee closed in 1977/78. The photographs show the line at Newcastle West on 12 July 1976.


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Geographical Context: City, Town centre Railways Derelict, Disused other tags: Newcastle West Railway (Disused) CIE (Coras Iompair Eireann) Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Newcastle West 1976-2 [2] · Station Road Bridge [2] ·
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R2834, 4 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Albert Bridge   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Monday, 12 July, 1976   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 14 March, 2013
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! R 280 346 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:27.5124N 9:3.5608W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! R 280 345
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NORTH (about 0 degrees)
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