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Unread 31-03-2009, 12:06   #13
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No: Limerick-Tralee was always a meandering branch line.

The reason was that Mallow Killarney was built first (tourism probably had a lot to do with it). Then when it acme to extending to Tralee, they could not go straight on (the town centre was in the way) so they either had to move the station back towards Mallow (bad for tourism) or else construct a junction outside the station, which they did.

I think the Killarney-Tralee line may have been a separate company, albeit operated by the GSWR from early on.
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