It is located in a red brick building adjacent to the town's Cobh Heritage Centre.

The original station was expanded greatly during the latter part of the 19th century as it served what was then Ireland's largest emigration port which was also an important way-point as the last port between Western Europe and North America.

The station was also the main receiving centre for mails for Ireland and Britain from the United States and Canada.

[5] It is famous for being the station where hundreds of survivors of the RMS Lusitania disaster left the town of Cobh after surviving the sinking.

[citation needed] With the development and growth of transatlantic air traffic Cobh lost its importance as a mail and passenger centre.