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

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Ardfert Ard Fhearta
General information
Location	Ardfert, County Kerry Ireland
History
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
Services
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station Abbeydorney   Great Southern and Western Railway Limerick–Tralee line   Tralee

The station opened on 20 December 1880. Passenger services were withdrawn on 4 February 1963, although the route through Ardfert continued to be used by freight trains for a while before the line to Listowel was finally closed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.[1]

References

• 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]}

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