The end of an era as the Signal Box at Kent Station Cork is Demolished after approximately 78 years of use to make way for the construction of a new platform at Kent Station to increase the use of rail as a public transport system in Cork

4 comments

1. Could they not have taken it down without the mess all over the tracks?

   I’m no signal box demolition expert though mind.

2. And what am era.

3. I don’t think it’ll really capture public imagination until the planning goes in for the new train stations, but I think we’re doing a lot right, if a bit quietly, with rail generally in this country, but especially in Cork. We’re taking existing, underutilised rail, and turning it into a quality commuter rail system. Practically rapid transit in parts. We’re also seeing appropriate feed in systems being developed, like the improved cycling and walking infrastructure in east Cork, especially Middleton, and the stuff in Little Island (would be good to see the bus lanes come sooner though, I suspect being delayed by the Dunkettle works?)

   I hope it works, and that it becomes a model for other places here, like Limerick. And perhaps even less likely places (Drogheda/East Meath? Kerry?)

4. Bring on the people complaining about loss of heritage and old buildings, while at the same time complaining about lack of investment in public infrastructure….
   /S