Cork Suburban Rail

This article is about the modern suburban rail system in Cork City. For information about historical commuter and suburban railways in Cork City, see Cork (city) § Railway and tramway heritage.

A train departing from Cobh.

The Cork Suburban Rail (Irish: Iarnród Fobhailteach Chorcaí) network serves areas in and around Cork city in Ireland.

There has been a suburban rail system in Cork since the middle of the 19th century; however, it was subject to line closures in the 20th century. The city also had a tram network - a short-lived horse-tram service in the 1870s and an electric tram system between 1898 and 1931.

The Cork Suburban Rail network operates on three lines, and is served by 10 stations.

In 2018, there were 3.46 million passenger journeys on the Cork to Dublin line (up 10% from 2017), 908,000 on the Cork to Cobh line, and 437,000 on the Cork to Midleton line (up 5.8%).[1]

  1. ^ Bermingham, Mary (4 February 2019). "Cork-Dublin Train Passenger Journeys Highest on record in 2018". thecork.ie. Retrieved 5 August 2020.