Old Cork Photos

[Pooman]

Exactly Stacky.
Stupid to take up the tramlines.

Cork-Youghal and Waterford-Tramore rail lines were two examples of crazy planning. CIE played their part in this. Viable barge canals also fell into disuse.

While we can rightfully give the state a kicking for a myriad of stupid things blaming them for not maintaining tram lines for 50 years on the off chance they'd become useful again is unfair. Can you imagine the abuse they would've got in the interim for "wasting taxpayers money" on maintaining "old tram lines not even being used". Nostradamus couldn't have predicted they'd become useful again.

 

[SoundMan]

fwiw the British government did the very same, possibly to a worse degree. I watched a progmme on this recently. Britain once had an amazing elaborate criss-cross rail system where you were never far away from a train station. They started shutting them down en masse around the same time as Paddy was building the infamous Preston bypass, M1, M6 etc. There’s the same sense of regret over there about this now.

What a clatter for Stacey.

 

[Stacky]

While we can rightfully give the state a kicking for a myriad of stupid things blaming them for not maintaining tram lines for 50 years on the off chance they'd become useful again is unfair. Can you imagine the abuse they would've got in the interim for "wasting taxpayers money" on maintaining "old tram lines not even being used". Nostradamus couldn't have predicted they'd become useful again.

Lisbon

San Francisco

Krakow

Cork

If only for the tourism potential alone it would have been worth it.

 

[Corks finest]

Think they did. Heading north they went over both Clontarf and Brian Boru bridges and halfway along Brian Boru street went eastwards towards the station through the curved "cut" which is still there but just is a pedestrian walkway these days. Then the tracks headed east presumably towards the railway station - you could still see remnants of some of the tracks and some cobble stones in front of that farm supplies shop that was almost opposite St Patrick's Church on the Lower Glanmire Road, or "lower road" as it was known.

Correct ref ye pedestrian walk now
But I thought they stopped before the station- bear a warehouse- might be wrong- memory is shagged

 

[keamoresouth]

Exactly Stacky.
Stupid to take up the tramlines.

Cork-Youghal and Waterford-Tramore rail lines were two examples of crazy planning. CIE played their part in this. Viable barge canals also fell into disuse.

Cork-Bandon-Bantry-Clon-Skibb railway closed and torn up in the early 1960s too

 

[Pooman]

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If only for the tourism potential alone it would have been worth it.

The man with 20/20 vision when looking in the rear view mirror. I'm writing to the Council demanding why they've removed all the horse troughs. You never know.....

 

[Stacky]

Cork-Bandon-Bantry-Clon-Skibb railway closed and torn up in the early 1960s too

The Beeching report in the U.K. ripped up a load of rail networks in the 1960's as well.

Now they are also regretting it.

Some lines are just not commercially viable but a good few could be.

 

[DeepThroat]

Cork-Bandon-Bantry-Clon-Skibb railway closed and torn up in the early 1960s too

Cork-Blackrock-Rochestown-Passage-Monkstown-Carrigaline-Crosshaven

The tunnel under Passage would probably be a few hundred million if done today

 

[menace404]

Cork-Blackrock-Rochestown-Passage-Monkstown-Carrigaline-Crosshaven

The tunnel under Passage would probably be a few hundred million if done today

Cork-Mogeely-Killegh-Youghal. All closed down also.

Just look at the footprint rail had back in the day.

Midland Great Western Railway - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It must make the Greens blood boil looking back on it. The madness of ripping out all that rail infrastructure.

 

[DeepThroat]

Cork-Mogeely-Killegh-Youghal. All closed down also.

Just look at the footprint rail had back in the day.

Midland Great Western Railway - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

It must make the Greens blood boil looking back on it. The madness of ripping out all that rail infrastructure.