Tralee Casement Stáisiún Mhic Easmainn Trá Lí
Tralee railway station in 2006
General information
Location	Tralee County Kerry Ireland
Coordinates	52°16′16″N 9°41′57″W / 52.2710°N 9.6992°W / 52.2710; -9.6992
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Platforms	2
Bus operators	Bus Éireann TFI Local Link
Connections	13 14 40 271 272 273 274 275 278 279 279A 283 284
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1859
Previous names	Tralee South
Original company	Great Southern and Western Railway Tralee and Dingle Light Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Southern and Western Railway
Post-grouping	Great Southern Railways
Key dates
1859	Opened as Tralee South
1966	Renamed as Casement Station
Services Preceding station   Iarnród Éireann   Following station Farranfore   Commuter Mallow-Tralee   Terminus Farranfore   InterCity Dublin-Tralee   Terminus Farranfore   InterCity Cork-Tralee   Terminus Disused railways Ardfert   Great Southern and Western Railway Limerick-Tralee   Terminus
Route map Legend Waterford–Mallow railway line Dublin–Cork line to Dublin Heuston Mallow Dublin–Cork 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 Casement Fenit branch line Limerick–Tralee line
Location

Tralee Casement station (Tralee Railway Station; Irish: Stáisiún Mhic Easmainn Trá Lí) is the terminus station on the Mallow–Tralee line and serves the town of Tralee in County Kerry. It is the most westerly railway station in Europe. The station, which is commonly known as the Tralee railway station, was built in 1859 originally as the Tralee South station and then re-named in 1966.^[1]

Superficially, Tralee station resembles Killarney railway station, with the main station buildings lying south of the main line, and 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 in 1979.^{[citation needed]}

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 Tralee-Limerick line west of the passenger station. The Tralee-Fenit line has been converted into a greenway which opened in 2022. The rest of the site has been cleared and sold for redevelopment.^{[citation needed]}

Passengers transfer at Mallow for services to Dublin and Cork or via a small number of direct Dublin and Cork services.

Tralee is served by 7–8 trains each weekday. There is a slightly reduced service on Sundays. There are 4 Dublin InterCity Trains on Sundays.^{[citation needed]}

There are also connecting trains at Limerick Junction for Clonmel and Waterford as well as Limerick, Ennis, Athenry and Galway.

The station, originally named Tralee South, was opened on 18 July 1859.^[2]

A serious accident occurred at the station on 24 April 1901 at 6.20 am. 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.^[3]

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.

• List of railway stations in Ireland

• Irish Rail Tralee (Casement) Station Website