Killarney railway station

For the light rail station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, see Killarney station (PAAC).

Killarney Cill Airne
Killarney railway station
General information
Location	Killarney County Kerry Ireland
Coordinates	52°03′33″N9°30′10″W / 52.05920°N 9.50264°W / 52.05920; -9.50264
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Bus operators	Bus Éireann Gleneagle Hotel TFI Local Link
Connections	14 40 257 270 271 276 279 280 284 KY03
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1853
Original company	Great Southern and Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern and Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
1853	Station opened
Services Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Rathmore   InterCity Dublin-Tralee   Farranfore Rathmore   InterCity Cork-Tralee   Farranfore Rathmore   Commuter Mallow-Tralee railway line   Farranfore
Route map Legend Waterford–Mallow railway line Dublin–Cork line to Dublin Heuston Mallow Dublin–Cork line to Cork Lombardstown Banteer Newmarket branch line Rathcool Millstreet Rathmore Kenmare branch line Headford Junction Killarney Ballybrack Farranfore–Valentia Harbour line to Valentia Harbour Farranfore for Kerry Airport Castleisland branch line Gortatlea Tralee Casement Fenit branch line Limerick–Tralee line
Location

Killarney railway station is a station on the Mallow to Tralee line serving the town of Killarney in County Kerry.

It is situated next to the bus station and Killarney Outlet Centre. Adjacent to the station on the approach road is the Great Southern Hotel ^[1] which was built for the railway in 1854 and was owned by CIE until 1984.

The station has a moderately large stone building on the southside of the main platform, and a short overall roof. Since the platform was extended during the Mallow-Tralee mini-CTC scheme very little of the main platform is covered. There is also a bay serving the south face of the main platform which is several carriage lengths shorter than the main platform and terminates in buffer stops just short of the main station building. The former freight yard is opposite the main buildings on the northside of the station.

Trains running from Mallow to Tralee calling at Killarney run into either the main platform or the bay platform then reverse into the headshunt to gain the line to Tralee. Trains from Tralee to Mallow pass the station and reverse in (if travelling towards Mallow).

Most of the services on the line are now operated by bi-directional diesel multiple unit trains. Locomotive hauled trains from Tralee to Cork, Mallow and Dublin simply passed the station, stopped, then reversed into the platforms, then to continue on their way to Mallow with the engine always at the "right-end" - the reverse applied with trains from Mallow to Tralee which entered the station, reversed out and continued on their way, again with the locomotive at the right end without running round. The situation is different at Kilkenny where as direction was changed, locomotives had to be detached and put on the front of the train. A change of ends for locomotives was required. At Killarney there is also a facing crossover east of the station that allows trains in either direction to bypass Killarney Station, but it has been used for this purpose only rarely since freight trains to Tralee ended.

The station opened on 15 July 1853 as the terminus of a 40-mile branch from Mallow. This was subsequently extended to Tralee. ^[2]

A railtour in May 1989 organised by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland in the station.

See also

• List of railway stations in Ireland

References

1. In 2007 the station was renamed 'The Malton' but reverted to its original name in 2018 "Welcome to the Great Southern Killarney". Hayfield Family Collection. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
2. "Killarney station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 4 September 2007.

External links

• Irish Rail Killarney Station Website