Mountrath

Mountrath (& Castletown) Station is located on the Great Southern & Western Railway's main Dublin to Cork line, between Portlaoise and Thurles. The station, which opened with the line in September 1848, was closed completely by CIE in 1976. It remained a block post, retaining its signal cabin and signalling until the mid 1980s when modern CTC signalling was extended south to Mallow. Today, the GSWR stone built station building, complete with its wooden porch canopy, survives albeit in a derelict state. The degraded up & down platforms as well as the large goods shed also remains at the station site.
The disused station at Mountrath on the Great Southern & Westerns Railway's main line from Dublin to Cork. The station opened with the line in September 1848. The porch awning at the derelict Mountrath Station. One of the platform lamps also remains in situ. The up platform here was demolished in 1990s. The large stone built station at Mountrath, as viewed from the forecourt. Now bricked up, it last saw a passenger in September 1976. The large goods shed at Mountrath, located at the south end of the station on the up side of the line. Mountrath was closed to goods in Novermber 1975, one year before the station closed completely.
The former cattle loading bank, located to the rear of the former down platform at Mountrath Station. Some of the old platform lamps are visible here. The road overbridge located at the north end of Mountrath Station. To the left of the bridge can be seen an 1840s built GSWR railway cottage, probably once accommodating the station porter. With the old station of Mountrath visible in the distance, 071 Class locomotive No.072 heads south with the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland's 'Province of Leinster' tour from Dublin to Limerick. A 3-car 22000 Class diesel railcar runs along a section of recently ballasted track just south of Mountrath Station with a northbound service to Dublin.