Rail crossing breakdown sparks road chaos

A RAILWAY crossing on a major national roadway was blocked for up to an hour yesterday morning after a train broke down.

Traffic had to be diverted on the Cork/Killarney road and the 200 passengers in the 9.15am Tralee/Cork train were transferred to Mallow in four buses.

Long tailbacks formed as gardaí sent the traffic in other directions while the passengers were being removed from the train and an Iarnród Éireann crew got to work on repairs.