Glounthaune railway station


Glounthaune railway station is an Iarnród Éireann station serving the town of Glounthaune in County Cork, Ireland. The station is at is the junction between Cobh and Midleton on the Cork Commuter line.
The station opened on the 10th of November 1859 by the Cork, Youghal & Queenstown Railway, with services initially only running onwards to Youghal. On 10th of March 1862. Passenger services began running to Queenstown from the junction aswell. The line onward to Midleton and Youghal closed to passenger services in 1963 before re-opening again in August 2009 as far as Midleton The station was originally called "Cobh Junction" and was re named "Glounthaune" in 1994.
The station is unstaffed, with 2 ticket machines near the entrance in the carpark and 2 leap card validators. There are 2 platforms serving the double track. Platform 1 is on the near side and is fully wheelchair accessible with eastbound trains from Cork to Cobh and Midleton. There is a footbridge to bring you from platform 1 to platform 2 meaning there is no wheelchair access to platform 2 and the westbound trains running to Little Island and Cork city. Cork county council have plans to add more parking spaces and improve accessibility to bicycles and improve onward bus connections in the near future
With around 40 trains per day in each direction, this is a frequent commuter station with 4 trains per hour running into Cork city at peak time on weekdays and twice per hour off peak. Travel time to Cork:11 minutes, Midleton:13 minutes and Cobh:14 minutes. Full details about timetables are available at Iarnród Éireanns website
The station is usually served by IE 2600 Class diesel trains in 2 or 4 carriage setups
Under the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy it is planned to increase services to the station and potentially electrify the line over the next 20 years