Irish Rail lodge planning application for second of eight new railway stations in Cork

IRISH RAIL HAS today lodged a planning application for a new train station at Dunkettle in Co Cork.

This is the second planning application for a new railway station in the county, just weeks after Irish Rail made an application for a station at Blackpool in Cork.

These are the first of eight new stations to be delivered under the commuter rail programme, which is aiming to “transform rail services in the Cork region by building to a ten-minute frequency across all three lines of the commuter network”.

The proposed station developments at Dunkettle and Blackpool are located on existing Irish Rail land, with Dunkettle station set to be a major park and ride facility.

Irish Rail say the station will be strategically located near the Dunkettle interchange and will provide easy access to major roads such as the M8 and N25.