Tralee railway station
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Tralee railway station serves the town of Tralee in County Kerry
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To the casual observer, Tralee station rather resembles that at Killarney with the main station buildings lying south of the mainline, with a short overall roof covering part of the main platform and the run-round loop. There is also a shorter bay platform serving the south face of the main platform stopping short of the main building. A platform canopy covers part of both platforms 1 and 2 east of the main building and overall roof. Both platforms were considerably extended c. 1980.
Until recently there was an active container terminal and freight yard opposite the main station. This survives for permanent Way trains and the storage of redundant equipment. The yard opposite the passenger station was built in the late 1970s on the site of the original freight yard and engine shed to replace a larger yard alongside the former Tralee-Fenit and North Kerry lines west of the passenger station. The Tralee-Fenit line survives in an overgrown condition. The rest of the site has been cleared and sold for redevelopment.
Tralee is served by 7–8 trains each weekday, all but one of which consist of DMUs bound for Cork or Cobh with connections at Mallow for stations to Dublin. The remaining train is a through train to Dublin. There is a slightly reduced service on Sundays.
The station, originally named Tralee South, was opened on 18 July 1859 . A serious accident occurred at the station at 6.20 am on 24 April 1901. The 2.30 am Mallow to Tralee mail goods train failed to stop, and ran into the buffer stops at a speed estimated at between 25 and 30 mph. The driver of the train and a guard who had been travelling on the footplate were killed instantly. The fireman died a few hours later.
On 10 April 1966, the station was given the name Casement in commemoration of Roger Casement
, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916
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County Kerry
Kerry means the "people of Ciar" which was the name of the pre-Gaelic tribe who lived in part of the present county. The legendary founder of the tribe was Ciar, son of Fergus mac Róich. In Old Irish "Ciar" meant black or dark brown, and the word continues in use in modern Irish as an adjective...
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To the casual observer, Tralee station rather resembles that at Killarney with the main station buildings lying south of the mainline, with a short overall roof covering part of the main platform and the run-round loop. There is also a shorter bay platform serving the south face of the main platform stopping short of the main building. A platform canopy covers part of both platforms 1 and 2 east of the main building and overall roof. Both platforms were considerably extended c. 1980.
Until recently there was an active container terminal and freight yard opposite the main station. This survives for permanent Way trains and the storage of redundant equipment. The yard opposite the passenger station was built in the late 1970s on the site of the original freight yard and engine shed to replace a larger yard alongside the former Tralee-Fenit and North Kerry lines west of the passenger station. The Tralee-Fenit line survives in an overgrown condition. The rest of the site has been cleared and sold for redevelopment.
Tralee is served by 7–8 trains each weekday, all but one of which consist of DMUs bound for Cork or Cobh with connections at Mallow for stations to Dublin. The remaining train is a through train to Dublin. There is a slightly reduced service on Sundays.
The station, originally named Tralee South, was opened on 18 July 1859 . A serious accident occurred at the station at 6.20 am on 24 April 1901. The 2.30 am Mallow to Tralee mail goods train failed to stop, and ran into the buffer stops at a speed estimated at between 25 and 30 mph. The driver of the train and a guard who had been travelling on the footplate were killed instantly. The fireman died a few hours later.
On 10 April 1966, the station was given the name Casement in commemoration of Roger Casement
Roger Casement
Roger David Casement —Sir Roger Casement CMG between 1911 and shortly before his execution for treason, when he was stripped of his British honours—was an Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary, and nationalist....
, one of the executed leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916
Easter Rising
The Easter Rising was an insurrection staged in Ireland during Easter Week, 1916. The Rising was mounted by Irish republicans with the aims of ending British rule in Ireland and establishing the Irish Republic at a time when the British Empire was heavily engaged in the First World War...
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