The Tralee-Fenit Greenway is a greenway and

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, which is due to form part of

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and the

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. The 14km route was planned to be completed by 2021, but delayed due to the

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, with a rescheduled opening of summer 2022. The first phase of the greenway, comprising 6.5km of the route, was opened in June 2022, this was extended to 11.2km in October 2022.

History

Tawlaght, Disused railway line - geograph

In 2017,

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agreed to divest the Tralee - Fenit and North Kerry railways to

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, in order to facilitate the completion of the Kerry Greenways. Initially planned to open in 2021, the project completion date was updated to 2022 owing to a "planning matter". The planned route required the development of new underpasses.

Blockades

Soon after the official opening, gates on the greenway were blocked-off by third-parties on multiple occasions.

Great Southern Greenway

As the Tralee - Fenit and Tralee - Limerick railways shared the same rail-bed out of Tralee, the first 3km of the Tralee Fenit Greenway also forms part of the

and

References

External links

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Footage of the progress of construction of the greenway from StickyBottle.com
{{authority control Irish Greenways Transport in County Kerry Rail trails in the Republic of Ireland