Cobh railway station serves the town of Cobh

Cobh

Cobh is a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland. Cobh is on the south side of Great Island in Cork Harbour. Facing the town are Spike Island and Haulbowline Island...

 on the Cork Suburban Rail

Cork Suburban Rail

The Cork Suburban Rail network serves the Metropolitan Cork area in County Cork, Munster, Ireland.There has been a suburban rail system in Cork since the middle of the 19th century however it suffered serious neglect and line closures in the 20th century...

 line, where it is the end of the line. It is located in a red brick building adjacent to the town's Cobh Heritage Centre

Cobh Heritage Centre

The Cóbh Heritage Centre is a museum located in Cóbh, east of Cork, Republic of Ireland. It is attached to Cóbh's railway halt.The "Queenstown Experience", located at the centre, has mostly permanent exhibitions of Irish history...

. It is famous for being the station where hundreds of survivors of the RMS Lusitania

RMS Lusitania

RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. The ship entered passenger service with the Cunard Line on 26 August 1907 and continued on the line's heavily-traveled passenger service between Liverpool, England and New...

 disaster left the town of Cobh after surviving the sinking. The station is staffed part-time and has a single platform. The station is accessible only via a steep ramp.

The station opened 10 March 1862 and was closed for goods traffic on 3 November 1975.