Fota

Fota railway station serves Fota Island in County Cork. It is a station on the Cork to Cobh commuter service. Travel to Glounthaune station to transfer to Midleton.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station in Ireland
Also known as: “Fota railway station”
Address: Fota Wildlife Park

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fota Wildlife Park and Slatty Viaduct.

Fota Wildlife Park

Zoo

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Fota Wildlife Park is a 100-acre wildlife park located on Fota Island, near Carrigtwohill, County Cork, Ireland. Opened in 1983, it is an independently funded, not-for-profit charity that is one of the leading tourism, wildlife and conservation attractions in Ireland. Fota Wildlife Park is situated 630 metres southeast of Fota.

Slatty Viaduct

Bridge

Photo: Rosanne Donovan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Slatty Viaduct is a bridge, which is situated 300 metres north of Fota.

Glounthaune

Railway station

Photo: Brian, CC BY 2.0.

Glounthaune railway station is an Iarnród Éireann station serving the town of Glounthaune in County Cork, Ireland. The station is at is the junction between Cobh and Midleton on the Cork Commuter line, around a kilometre east of Glounthaune town. Glounthaune is situated 1½ km north of Fota.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belvelly and Glounthaune.

Belvelly

Locality

Photo: Robert French (photographer), No restrictions.

Belvelly is a small village on the northern end of the Great Island of Cork Harbour, about four miles north of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland. Belvelly is situated at the shortest crossing point between Great Island and the neighbouring Fota Island.

Glounthaune

Village

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Glounthaune is a village in County Cork, Ireland, some 7 kilometres east of Cork city, on the north shore of Cork Harbour, the estuary of the River Lee.

Passage West

Town

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Passage West is a port town in County Cork, Ireland, situated on the west bank of Cork Harbour, some 10 km south-east of Cork city. Passage West was designated a conservation area in the 2003 Cork County Development Plan. Passage West is situated 3 km southwest of Fota.

Fota

Categories: station located on surface, station, and transportation
Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.89627° or 51° 53′ 47″ north

Longitude

-8.31808° or 8° 19′ 5″ west

Wheelchair access

limited

Operator

Iarnród Éireann—Irish Rail

Network

Commuter

Open location code

9C3HVMWJ+GQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 339007130

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

Wikidata ID

Q3969651

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Urdu—“Fota” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Station Fota”
French: “Fota”
Irish: “Fóite”
Irish: “Stáisiún Fhóta”
Irish: “Stáisiún Fóite”
Italian: “stazione di Fota”
Italian: “Stazione di Fota”
Japanese: “フォタ鉄道駅”
Urdu: “فوٹا ریلوے اسٹیشن”

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Highlights include Otter and Fota Scout Centre.

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