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Abbeydorney railway station served the village of Abbeydorney in County Kerry, Ireland.

Abbeydorney Mainistir Ó dTorna
General information
Location	Abbeydorney, County Kerry Ireland
Coordinates	52.349°N 9.6883°W / 52.349; -9.6883 [1]
History
Opened	1880
Closed	1978
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

The station opened on 20 December 1880. The first Station Master appointed to Abbeydorney was a Mr John Hogan, a descendant of the Galloping O'Hogans of Limerick. He is laid to rest across the fields in the Old Abbey. The first passenger train made its maiden trip on 1 November of that year. Passenger services were withdrawn on 4 February 1963, although the route through Abbeydorney continued to be used by freight trains for a while before the line to Listowel was finally closed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.[2]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Lixnaw		Great Southern and Western Railway Limerick-Tralee line		Ardfert

References

Further reading

• Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.^{[page needed]}
• Jowett, A. (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas. Atlantic Publishing. ISBN 0-906899-99-0.^{[page needed]}

External links

• http://homepage.tinet.ie/~abbeydorney/book/station.html

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