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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- Joan O'Sullivan reports on the line from Farranfore to Valentia harbour in Co Kerry.
The railway to Valencia Harbour was opened in 1893. It was the most westerly point in Europe which could be reached by train. The branch (of almost 40 miles in length) left the Tralee-Mallow main line at Farranfore and headed west through some of Ireland's most spectacular scenery as it climbed through County Kerry's mountainous countryside, along Dingle Bay's southern shore.
I travelled with my Dad from Dublin to Cahersiveen on this line in the summer of 1959. I was 4 years old, and it is one of my earliest memories. My father was from the town, and we still go down regularly to Kells. I can remember the train steaming in and out of the tunnels between Mountain Stage and Kells, and the mixture of excitement and fear I felt as it did so. In Cahersiveen I held my Dad’s hand as we walked up O’Connell St to Church St and my Gran’s house. Memories, memories......
I well remember traveling to Cahirciveen on this railway line on our family summer holidays from England when I was a boy, and that part of the holiday along with the boat from Holyhead to Rosslair and the train from Paddington to Holyhead made the whole holiday a unique adventure, what wonderful memories we have of those far off days,
It would be nice to have this running again.
My late Dad was station master in Killorglin in the 1940's.
On a fine Summer's morning my Mother would bring me in the train to Glenbeigh and we would walk to Rossbeigh beach. We would get the return train to Killorglin in the evening. Those were the days!
Séamus Ryle
My parents worked on the rail way back in 1930s my father would work the signals and my mother would sell the tickets ,they lived in the station house where so of the family were born , me eldest sister said that was the happiest time of her life back then ☘️☘️☘️
Awesome piece of engineering
Very interesting, beautiful scenery, its nice some of the structures remain, monuments to Victorian engineering, monuments that will always haunt those who took it away.
Extraordinary that the piece is introduced from Waterford station where the latest in Irish Rail closures took place later in the year. IE does irony big time!
Kerry is the Kingdom!
kingdom some kingdom to let that beautiful line close sad corkman
Reopening of the railway line like all would stop Pollution, Car Accidents, Road Deaths & Traffic Jams 24 hour trains in summer months & St Stephen's Day trains should be needed.
It is good news that the Youghal Midleton Greenway has got the go ahead and good to see the Caherciveen proposal making headway. It is good to see some of these redundant railway facilities being reused for the benefit the communities. I think that they should be further used as tourist attractions for those who do not cycle or walk. That is use them as tracks for rubber tired tourist trains. In this case tourist could take a little train sightseeing trip from Caherciveen to Glenbeigh or vice versa. It is scenic and the most westerly railway histories in Europe. This would not prevent walker or cyclists using the facility but would help to get more out of the facility. We built a tourist train (antique steam look) for use in Cork City and looking for further operating opportunities for this type of tourist/visitor business.
Very interesting.
Will this line ever reopen?
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Mikey
Bring it back this should be reopened some how they powers that be always destroys history even the best of it
They ran out of steam allright 😂
What guage was the train which ran on the line Please!
Irish gauge, which is 5' 3" AFAIK
It is indeed 5ft 3.