Kirk Ronan Branch Line



The Kirk Ronan branchline is a little-known branch line on the North Western Railway.

Operations
The line starts at Kellsthorpe Road and calls at Rolf's Castle before ending at Kirk Ronan. The line serves the harbour here, and ore and slate from Crovan's Gate are sent here.

Kirk Ronan is known as a fishing port, so fish are unloaded here. A steamer service to Dublin is operated on Tuesdays and Fridays from Kirk Ronan, so tourists may use the railway as transportation to the port.

Locomotives
In the time of the Sodor and Mainland Railway, Neil and two other engines ran the line.

Appearances
In the Railway Series, the branchline only appeared in a flashback in Very Old Engines. In the television series, Kirk Ronan appeared in a number of fifth season episodes, most prominently in A Better View for Gordon, when Gordon crashed into the station wall during the opening ceremony.