Killorglin Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway)
Introduction
This former branch ran west from Farranfore, on the open Kilarney to Tralee line, to Killorglin. It was extended west via a scenic light railway to Valentia Harbour. The branch, and its extension, are now closed.
Dates
| 15/01/1885 | Killorglin Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Opened from Farranfore (Tralee and Killarney Railway) to Killorglin. |
| / /1893 | Valentia Harbour Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Opened from Killorglin (Killorglin Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway)) to Valentia Harbour. |
| / /1958 | Killorglin Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway)
Valentia Harbour Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Diesel introduced. |
| / /1960 | Killorglin Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway)
Valentia Harbour Branch (Great Southern and Western Railway) Closed. |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Farranfore to Killorglin
Substantial surviving water tower base at Farranfore, viewed from the station footbridge in August 2021, to the west of the existing station on the ...Mark Poustie 01/08/2021
Farranfore station looking in the direction of Tralee on 1st August 2021. This was the junction for the Valencia Harbour branch, which used the left ...Mark Poustie 01/08/2021
Farranfore, former junction for the branch to Valencia Harbour which made use of the right hand side of the former island platform. View looks towards ...Mark Poustie 01/08/2021
View northwards from the footbridge at Farranfore, in the direction of Tralee, in August 2021. ...Mark Poustie 01/08/2021
A memorial board commemorates the former station site at Killorglin which lay behind the board and has long since been swept away. Killorglin is the ...Mark Poustie 11/08/2023
A surviving bridge over the former trackbed between Killorglin Viaduct and the former Killorglin station site. View looks west towards the former ...Mark Poustie 20/06/2021
A further memorial to the railway at Killorglin with a statue of a waiting passenger and a porters barrow which may or may not be original. The ...Mark Poustie 20/06/2021
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