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This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Island_of_Ireland_location_map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0 . 2010-03-06T20:43:33Z Rannpháirtí anaithnid 1450x1807 (679207 Bytes) Fix incorrectly coloured isands.
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Ireland_location_map.svg licensed with ... Poyntzpass railway station; Puffin Island (County Kerry) ...
Information about stations in the Republic of Ireland is sourced from Irish Rail's API, while details for stations in Northern Ireland served by the Enterprise come from the same source. Codes for other Northern Irish stations are obtained from the Translink NI Railways API and Tiger.worldline.global. Some stations have dual codes, with one for ...
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.
Alexander McDonnell GS&WR Class 2 Kerry bogies were specifically intended for passenger services on the line. [6] There was a trial of a Drumm Battery Train with temporary charging points set up on the line during the late 1930s or 1940s. [7] 22000 Class ICR railcars first began passenger services on the line in September 2008. [8]
Because of the mountainous area and the prevailing southwesterly winds, Kerry is among the regions with the highest rainfall in Ireland. Owing to its location, there has been a weather reporting station on Valentia for many centuries. The Irish record for rainfall in one day is 243.5 mm (9.59 in), recorded at Cloore Lake in Kerry in 1993. [8]
The Gap of Dunloe (from Irish Dún Lóich, meaning 'Lóich's stronghold'), also recorded as Bearna an Choimín (meaning "gap of the commonage" or "gap of the little hollow"), [3] is a narrow mountain pass running north–south in County Kerry, Ireland, that separates the MacGillycuddy's Reeks mountain range in the west, from the Purple Mountain Group range in the east.
The line to Valentia diverged from the Mallow/Dublin line to the south of the station, [a] and a bay platform adjacent to the west (down) platform was provided for trains to and from Valentia. In general trains to Valentia originated from Tralee and returned there, and were often timed to pass a Mallow-Tralee train in the opposite direction at ...