Former ‘Blue Max’ rail line to woo tourists if amenity plan realised

A former 25-mile section of railway line which features a bridge made famous by the 1966 World War One film, Blue Max, could be opened as a walkway-cycleway.

Cork County Council has agreed to carry out a feasibility study into opening the former section of the Fermoy-Mallow railway line as an amenity which could attract European tourists.

Blue Max featured a famous scene where two German pilots try to best each other by flying through one of the ‘eyes of the viaduct.’