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The history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than that of Great Britain. By its peak in 1920, Ireland had 3,500 route miles (5,630 km). The current status is less than half that amount, with a large unserviced area around the border area between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway: A succession of trains (here three are visible) bring milled peat to the Shannonbridge electricity generating station. The Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway was a former tourist attraction based on a narrow-gauge industrial railway in the Midlands of Ireland .
Stradbally Woodland Railway, County Laois; Waterford Suir Valley Railway, County Waterford, running a narrow-gauge railway for 10 km (6.2 mi) from Kilmeaden Station along the former mainline route from Waterford to Mallow. It operates alongside the Waterford Greenway and is Ireland's longest heritage line. [citation needed]
Steam locomotive "Tren del centenari" from 1948, in Vilanova Railway Museum. Basque Railway Museum (steam railway tours) [10] Gijón Railway Museum; Philip II Train, service between Madrid and El Escorial; Railway Museum in Vilanova (close to Barcelona) Strawberry train, seasonal service between Madrid and Aranjuez; Tramvia Blau, Barcelona
Railway Opened Closed Length Notes Ballycastle Railway: 1880: 1950: 17 mi (27 km) Ballymena and Larne Railway: 1877: 1950: 36 mi (58 km) Ruling gradient: 1 in 36 Ballymena, Cushendall and Red Bay Railway: 1875: 1940: 16 mi (26 km) Highest railway in Ireland at 1,045 ft (319 m) Bessbrook and Newry Tramway: 1885: 1948: 3 mi (4.8 km) Castlederg ...
The West Clare Railway (WCR) originally operated in County Clare, Ireland, between 1887 and 1961. This 3 ft ( 914 mm ) narrow-gauge railway ran from the county town of Ennis , via numerous stopping-points along the West Clare coast to two termini , at Kilrush and Kilkee , with the routes diverging at Moyasta Junction.