Historic day as Midleton rail line opens again

FOR 81-year-old John Collins it was a day of nostalgia mixed with pride.

He drove the last train out of Midleton on March 17, 1988, and, 21 years later, his nephew took the controls of the first one to come back.

Yesterday morning, John travelled on the VIP train with Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey which headed out of Cork to Midleton on the reopened €75 million commuter rail line.