Carrigtwohill railway station
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Carrigtwohill railway station serves the town of Carrigtwohill
Carrigtwohill
Carrigtwohill, officially Carrigtohill , is a village in County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland with a population of 4,869 . It is located east of Cork city, bypassed by the N25 road and is part of Metropolitan Cork. Carrigtwohill is one of the fastest growing towns in Ireland. It is a major...

 in County Cork
County Cork
County Cork is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and is also part of the province of Munster. It is named after the city of Cork . Cork County Council is the local authority for the county...

. The station is unstaffed but has a ticket vending machine. Its two platforms are both fully accessible.

The original station in Carrigtwohill was opened on 2 November 1859, but closed for goods traffic on 2 December 1974 and fully closed on 6 September 1976. It was re-opened however on 30 July 2009 as part of the newly refurbished Cork-Midleton
Cork Suburban Rail
The Cork Suburban Rail network serves the Metropolitan Cork area in County Cork, Munster, Ireland.There has been a suburban rail system in Cork since the middle of the 19th century however it suffered serious neglect and line closures in the 20th century...

 line. It was planned that the proposed station at Carrigtwohill West
Carrigtwohill West railway station
Carrigtwohill West Railway Station is a planned Railway Station to be located on the outskirts of Carrigtwohill, County Cork in Ireland and will form part of the Cork Suburban Rail. The IDA are funding the station at Carrigtwohill West, which is situated in the middle of a Carrigtwohill industrial...

would be open by early 2010.
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