Trains nearly collided on Mallow-Killarney line in 2013

Two trains travelling towards each other on the same track on the Mallow-Killarney railway line narrowly avoided a head-on collision when they came to a stop just 175 metres apart at Millstreet station.

Details of the high-risk incident which occurred on December 8, 2013, have been revealed in a major new report by the Railway Accident Investigation Unit (RAIU) into incidents of train drivers passing warning signals without stopping.

The RAIU reviewed 45 SPAD (signals passed at danger) incidents which were recorded on the Iarnród Éireann network between 2012 and 2015.