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Great Southern Railways (Ireland)Great Southern Railways Company was an Irish railway company that existed between 1925 and 1945, that owned and operated all railways wholly within 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. The company also ran bus services from 1929 when it acquired a stake in the Irish Omnibus Company. This became known as Great Southern Railways Omnibus Department from 1st January 1934. The hotel group formed by the company, Great Southern Hotels, continues to bear the name of the company, though it is now owned by Dublin Airport Authority rather than CI. The company suceeded the Great Southern Railway Company, which was formed in late 1924 as a prelimenary scheme under the Railways Act, and incorporated the Great Southern and Western Railway, Midland Great Western Railway, and Cork, Bandon, and South Coast Railway. The Dublin and South Eastern Railway joined them in the final amalgamation. In 1945, it merged with the Dublin United Transport Company to form Coras Iompair Eireann.
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