Rail line reopens with more services

AN expanded passenger service on the Waterford-Limerick rail line was announced yesterday following the reopening of the track one year after the dramatic collapse of the railway bridge at Cahir.

Despite fears Iarnród Éireann was not going to reopen the line, €2.6 million has been spent on reconstructing the bridge to a higher specification.

The viaduct collapsed as a freight train was travelling over it, sending 12 carriages filled with cement plunging down into the River Suir.