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Farranfore

An Fearann Fuar
Farranfore; An Fearann Fuar
	Railway tracks stretch into the distance towards Killarney from the level crossing at the eastern end of Farranfore station
General information
Location	Farranfore, County Kerry, Ireland
Coordinates	52°10′24″N 9°33′10″W / 52.1733°N 9.55278°W
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	27
History
Original company	Great Southern and Western Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern and Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
18 July 1859	Station opened
Services

Farranfore railway station serves the village of Farranfore in County Kerry, Ireland. It is located a short distance away from Kerry Airport.^[1]

Mallow–Tralee

Legend

Waterford–Mallow railway 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

Fenit branch line

Limerick–Tralee line

History edit

The station opened on 18 July 1859 as part of the Tralee & Killarney Railway which opened on the same date and gave a continuous line from Dublin along the Great Southern and Western Railway (GS&WR) to Mallow then via the Killarney Junction Railway.^[2] The GS&WR had heavy interests and investments in both companies and absorbed them both on 1 May 1860.^[2]

The GS&WR completed a branch from Farranfore to Killorglin, some 12 miles (19 km) south on 15 January 1885, and this was extended to Valentia Harbour, the most westerly station in Ireland, c. 40 miles (64 km) distant, which opened on 12 September 1893.^[3]^[4]^[5]

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 Farrenfore. The usual procedure was for the Valentia train to use the bay (thus requiring a reversal either in or out) and for the main line train to use the down platform, even if an up train towards Mallow, thus enabling a cross-platform interchange between the two trains.^[6]

The Farranfore–Valentia Harbour line closed on 1 February 1960.^[7]

References edit

Notes edit

^ Farranfore station lies in an approximate north-south direction with the line to Dublin and Mallow to the south and the line to Tralee to the North.

Footnotes edit

^ "Kerry Airport". Discover Kerry. Travel Ireland. 11 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b Murray & McNeill 1976, p. 26.
^ Murray & McNeill 1976, p. 58.
^ Bairstow 2011, p. 27–28.
^ Casserley 1974, p. 132.
^ Bairstow 2011, p. 29.
^ Murray & McNeill 1976, p. 187.

Sources edit

Bairstow, Martin (2011). Railways in Ireland. Vol. Part Four:Great Southern & Western. Martin Bairstow. ISBN 9781871944402.
Casserley, H. C. (1974). Outline of Irish Railway History. Newton Abbot & North Pomfret: David & Charles. ISBN 0715363778. OCLC 249227042.
Murray, K. A.; McNeill, D. B. (1976). The Great Southern & Western Railway. Irish Railway Record Society. ISBN 0904078051. OCLC 3069424. {{cite book}}: More than one of |institution= and |publisher= specified (help)