Cashel Extension Railway

{{Short description|Railway in Ireland}}

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| caption = Cashel Railway Station

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| status = Closed (infrastructure removed)

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| start = Goolds Cross

| end = Cashel

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d\STRc2\d-CONT3~~ ~~ ~~{{BSto|Dublin–Cork railway line|to {{rws|Dublin Heuston}}|it=all}}

STRc2\exvSTR+1-!~eBHF3+1\STRc4~~Goolds Cross

CONT1\xdSTR+c4\d\~~ ~~ ~~{{BSto|Dublin-Cork railway line|to {{rws|Cork Kent}}|it=all}}

exBHF\d~~Ardmayle

exhbKRZWae\d~~ ~~ ~~River Suir

exKBHFe\d~~Cashel

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The Cashel Extension Railway, or the Cashel Spur Line, was an old line connecting Cashel to the Dublin-Cork railway.{{cite web| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20141225133315/https://www.seamusjking.com/Articles%20Full/cashel_railway.html | archivedate = 25 December 2014| url=http://www.seamusjking.com/Articles%20Full/cashel_railway.html|title=Cashel Railway|author= Seamus J King}}{{cite web|url=http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20G/Goolds%20Cross/IrishRailwayStations.html|title=Goolds Cross Railway station|author=Eire trains|access-date=2017-11-12|archive-date=2016-10-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009150023/http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20G/Goolds%20Cross/IrishRailwayStations.html|url-status=live}} It opened in 1904, with passenger and later freight services running until its closure in 1954.