Bridge collapse causes 60% loss of rail trade

IRISH RAIL and its northern equivalent Translink have lost 60% of their business on the Belfast-Dublin route due to the collapsed bridge at Malahide.

The two companies expect to lose up to €2 million as a result of the disruption, which has seen commuters transferred by bus between the two cities since August.

The figures were made public in answer to a question in the North’s Assembly by SDLP MLA Thomas Burns.