Mallow–Tralee_line
Mallow–Tralee railway line
Railway line in Ireland
The Mallow–Tralee line runs from Mallow to Tralee Casement. Intermediate stations include Banteer, Millstreet, Rathmore, Killarney and Farranfore.
A peculiar arrangement at Killarney is in place, in which trains from Mallow enter Killarney, which is a dead-end. Trains continuing to Tralee then have to reverse until they reach the junction, before changing direction again to continue westwards.[1]
Irish Rail's network statement gives the length of the line as 61.5 miles (99.0 km),[2] though other sources give the length of the line as 62+1⁄4 miles instead.[3] The line from Mallow to Killarney was noted for severe gradients compared to the line from Dublin to Mallow though the Killarney expresses of 1899 were timed to achieve the section at 40.75 miles per hour (65.58 km/h) westbound and 38.2 miles per hour (61.5 km/h) eastbound.[3]