It’s what Cobh might have looked like 150 years ago.

THE new high-powered state body overseeing public transport services has raised concerns with Iarnród Éireann over the quality of service and fare structure on Dublin-Cork rail services, warning that people will desert rail for their car.

Rail chiefs were today accused of playing with thousands of people’s lives by not closing a busy rail line when safety concerns were raised five days before it collapsed into the sea.