All aboard Cork road train set to boost tourism

All aboard! A tourist train is set to roll through Cork city within weeks.

City councillors will be asked this evening to sanction an initial €70,000 investment. Pending the City Hall decision, road tests could get under way by the end of November as part of a licensing requirement with the city council and gardaí.

Damien O’Mahony of the city council’s tourism promotion unit, said tourist trains are a proven concept in other towns such as Clonakilty and Kilkenny, and will add to Cork’s tourism product.