Táilte Tours' 2025 season kicked off on Saturday 5th April, with the operation of our "Eyre Lee Bird" railtour from Cork to Galway.

Táilte Tours is pleased to announce it has made donation of over €1600 worth of enamel railway badges to Donegal Railway Heritage Centre.

It is with great pleasure that Táilte Tours can announce that it is using some of the proceeds from its various Irish railtours and...

Perhaps the most popular diesel locomotive class in Ireland, there is no dispute that the 071 class are certainly the longest serving. 2026 marks the 50th Anniversary of the eighteen-strong class. While the older 141 class GMs didn’t quite make it to 40, and the A/001 class just so, a service life of 50 years is truly remarkable for an Irish diesel locomotive fleet. The 071 class locomotives have travelled to every corner of today’s operable Iarnród Éireann network. Not only

2026 marks 175 years since the arrival of the Cork & Bandon Railway (later the Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway) in Cork city, at Albert Quay. It also marks 50 years since the terminus finally fell out of rail use in 1976. In this article, we shall take a look at the history of this vanished, but important, Cork railway terminus.

Our first Dublin-based tour of 2026 took place on Sunday, 19th April: "The North West Frontier—A Mini Railtour".

Our 2026 season (and fifth year of operations) kicked off with the "West Cork Wanderer" tour on Saturday 28th March. March 2026 marked the 65th Anniversary of the closure of the West Cork Railway system.

2026 marks the 125th anniversary of the takeover of the Waterford, Limerick & Western Railway (WL&WR) by the Great Southern & Western Railway (GSWR) in 1901. This was a significant in Irish railway history.

2026 marks 50 years since the re-opening of the former Belfast Central Railway route which incorporated the opening of what is now known as Belfast Lanyon Place station (or Belfast Central as it was called at the time).

A look at 165 years of railway history in Rathdrum, Co Wicklow.

1925 marks the 100th Anniversary of the introduction of the first 'Woolwich', or K1 class, steam locomotives on the Great Southern Railways in Ireland.

Much loved by passengers, City Imp buses have their own story to tell. How did these buses come into being? How come they were so successful? Why were they red and yellow, and more importantly, where did all the routes go to?

The railway line to Ardee opened in 1896, closed to passengers in the 1930s but stayed open for goods and special excursion trains and railtours until 1975.

Last November we kicked off the Great Southern Railway(s) 100th Anniversary celebrations with a railtour over much of its premier...

It is now over 80 years since the last passenger train served the Woodenbridge-Shillelagh branch line, and in this article, we will take a look at the history of the Shillelagh branch line.

Perhaps the most iconic Irish school bus, the CIÉ SS class undertook the majority of school transport in Ireland for over 25 years

One anniversary this year, which we could not let go unmarked, is the 175th anniversary of the arrival of the railway in Navan, Co. Meath.

The Great Northern Railway of Ireland U class occupies an interesting place in the story of Irish steam locomotive development, and while at a casual glance may look similar to other GNR classes such as the Q or S type, they hold a special all of their own.

A recap of our 10th operation, the "On the Laois" tour to Straffan and Stradbally.

June 2025 marks the 175th anniversary of a major development in the history of transport in Cork: the opening of the Cork, Blackrock & Passage Railway.