Killorglin Railway Station
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Killorglin railway station was on the
Great Southern and Western Railway The Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) was an Irish gauge () railway company in Ireland from 1844 until 1924. The grew by building lines and making a series of takeovers, until in the late 19th and early 20th centuries it was the larges ...
branch line which ran from
Farranfore Farranfore () is a village in County Kerry, Ireland. It lies on the N22 road approximately midway between Tralee (10 miles or 17 km) and Killarney (9 miles or 15 km) and on the railway line connecting the two towns. Farranf ...
to
Valentia Harbour Valentia Island () is one of Ireland's most westerly points. It lies in Dingle Bay off the Iveragh Peninsula in the southwest of County Kerry. It is linked to the mainland by the Maurice O'Neill Memorial Bridge at Portmagee. A car ferry also ...
in the
Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. ...
.


History

The station was opened on 15 January 1885. The station closed on 1 February 1960. As part of its rote there was a bridge named today by locals as the ''Iron bridge''


References

{{coord missing, County Kerry Disused railway stations in County Kerry Farranfore–Valentia Harbour line Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland opened in 1885 Railway stations in the Republic of Ireland closed in 1960