page_title: Dingle
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Dingle / Transport
caption_attribution_description: English: Sráid Na Tra, Quay Street, Dingle
context_page_description: Dingle is a town in County Kerry, Ireland. The only town on the Dingle Peninsula, it sits on the Atlantic coast, about 50 kilometres southwest of Tralee and 71 kilometres northwest of Killarney.
  Principal industries in the town are tourism, fishing and agriculture: Dingle Mart serves the surrounding countryside. In 2016 Dingle had a population of 2,050. Dingle is situated in a Gaeltacht region. An adult Bottlenose dolphin named Fungie has been courting human contact in Dingle Bay since 1983.
context_section_description: Bus routes serving Dingle include routes to Killarney, to Tralee, to Kerry Airport, to Cloghane (via Castlegregory), and to Ballydavid (via Ballyferriter and Dunquin).
  Car rental services are available primarily from Kerry Airport, with international and local businesses operating services.
  Dingle was formerly the western terminus of the narrow gauge Tralee and Dingle Light Railway, which closed in 1953.  The station was sited opposite the hospital, on the N86 road into the town from Lispole, where an undertakers premises and disused petrol station now stand.  The railway station opened on 1 April 1891, closed for passenger traffic on 17 April 1939 and for regular goods traffic on 10 March 1947, finally closing altogether on 1 July 1953, by which time a cattle train once per month was the sole operation.
  Today, the closest train terminal in Tralee, with bus services operating from Tralee Bus and Rail Stations. In addition, bus services operate from Killarney Bus and Rail Stations to Dingle.
caption: Sráid na Trá (Strand Street), Dingle
exif: {"Image Copyright": "Copyright: Michael Cavanagh"}