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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Railway station
- Description: railway station in Ireland
- Also known as: “Fota railway station”
- Address: Fota Wildlife Park
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fota Wildlife Park and Slatty Viaduct.
Fota Wildlife Park
Zoo
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
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
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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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Andy Beecroft, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.89627° or 51° 53′ 47″ northLongitude
-8.31808° or 8° 19′ 5″ westOperator
Iarnród Éireann—Irish RailNetwork
CommuterOpen location code
9C3HVMWJ+GQOpenStreetMap ID
node 339007130OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q3969651
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Japanese—“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”
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Highlights include Otter and Fota Scout Centre.
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