Campaigners to go to Europe to save railway

A CONSERVATION group has said that it is writing to a Committee on Petitions at the European Parliament in relation to the handling of the closure of the Waterford to Rosslare railway line at the weekend following over 100 years of service.

The rail line linking Waterford city to Rosslare carried up to 150 people on its final journey on Saturday evening. The route has been serviced by a Bus Éireann coach since Monday.

Falling passenger numbers on the line and the cessation of the sugar beet freight business in 2006 are highlighted as major factors for closure of the route, as recommended in the McCarthy report.