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The Great Southern Railways was an Irish company that from 1925 until 1945 owned and operated all railways that lay wholly within the Irish Free State (the present-day Republic Of Ireland ). It was created by the Railways Act 1924, which provided for the amalgamation of all railways wholly within the Irish Free State . Only cross-border railways, most notably the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) , remained outside its control. From 1929 , when it acquired a stake in the Irish Omnibus Company , the company also ran bus services. These operations became the responsibility from 1 January 1934 of the Great Southern Railways Omnibus Department. The hotel group formed by the company, Great Southern Hotels , continued to bear the company's name until its Privatisation in 2006. Some of the hotels continue to use the Great Southern name as of 2007 . The Great Southern Railways succeeded the slightly differently named Great Southern Railway, which had been formed in late 1924 in a preliminary scheme under the Railways Act of that year which amalgamated the Great Southern And Western Railway , the Midland Great Western Railway , and the Cork, Bandon And South Coast Railway . The Dublin And South Eastern Railway joined these companies in the final amalgamation. CIÉ maintain a full list of the twenty five companies which constituted the Great Southern Railways in 1925 . This is not entirely accurate, as it includes the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways & Harbours Company which still exists today. The Transport Act 1944 dissolved the Company and transferred its assets, together with those of the Dublin United Transport Company to Coras Iompair Éireann , from 1 January 1945 . SEE ALSO |
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