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Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge
General information
Location	Tower, County Cork; Ireland
Coordinates	51°55′22″N 8°36′11″W / 51.9228°N 8.6031°W
History
Original company	Cork and Muskerry Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Cork and Muskerry Light Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
8 August 1887	Station opens
31 December 1934	Station closes

Tower Bridge railway station was on the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway in County Cork, Ireland.^[2] It served the village of Tower until its closure in 1934.^[3]

History

The station opened on 8 August 1887.^[4] With the closure of the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway, passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1934.^[4] The nearby Tower Bridge, which was altered to accommodate the railway line, is a protected structure.^[3]

Routes

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Coachford Junction		Cork and Muskerry Light Railway Coachford Junction-Blarney		St. Anne's

References

^ ^a ^b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 232. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.
^ Bell, A, ed. (15 May 1915). "The Cork and Muskerry Light Railway". The Locomotive. XXI (273). Locomotive Publishing Company: 110. the [Cork and Muskerry Light] railway follows the picturesque valley of the River Shournagh to St Anne's (71⁄4 miles), passing on the way the stations of Healy's Bridge (43⁄4), Coachford Junction (61⁄4), and Tower Bridge (63⁄4 miles from Cork).
^ ^a ^b Tower & Cloghroe - Collaborative Town Centre Health Check (CTCHC) Report (PDF), Heritage Council, 2023, pp. 5, 6, retrieved 26 August 2024, The establishment of the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway Line [..] in 1887 connected Tower and Cloghroe via stations at Tower Bridge and St. Ann's Hydro [..] The Cork and Muskerry Light Railway Line closed in 1934 [..] Protected Structures in Tower [..] Tower Bridge [..] The additional square-headed span at the north-west end appears to have been added at a later date to accommodate the Great Southern railway line
^ ^a ^b Ayres, Bob (2003). "Irish Railway Station Dates" (PDF). Irish Railway Record Society. p. 55.