Cork railway tunnel

Cork railway tunnel
	One of four ventilation shafts constructed for the tunnel
Overview
Location	Cork, Ireland
Coordinates	51°54′45″N 8°28′10″W / 51.9126°N 8.4694°W
Route	Kent Station to Dublin–Cork railway line
Start	Cork Kent railway station
End	Dublin–Cork railway line
Operation
Work begun	1847
Opened	1855
Owner	Iarnród Éireann
Operator	Iarnród Éireann
Character	Through-rail passenger and freight
Technical
Line length	1,355 yards (1,200 m)
No. of tracks	Double track
Track gauge	Irish gauge

The Cork railway tunnel is a railway tunnel in Cork, Ireland. The 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi) tunnel was built between 1847 and 1855 and runs from Blackpool to Kent Station on the Lower Glanmire Road. It is the longest operational rail tunnel in Ireland,^[2] and is included on the Record of Protected Structures maintained by Cork City Council.^[3]

^ "Kent Station railway tunnel, Lower Glanmire Road, Cork City, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
^ Murray, K. A.; Burgess McNeill, Donald (1976). The Great Southern & Western Railway. Irish Railway Record Society. p. 178. ISBN 9780904078053. [Cork] tunnel is 1355 yards long, and is now the longest railway tunnel in use in Ireland. Its construction was particularly difficult and slow; progress at one time fell as low as three feet per week
^ "Built Heritage Objectives Part 2: Record of Protected Structures". Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028. Cork City Council. 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2023.