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The Waterford and Tramore Railway was an independent line which opened on September 5, 1853, connecting Manor St. in the city of Waterford
Waterford

Waterford is the primary city of the South East region. Founded in 914 in Ireland AD, by the Vikings, it is Ireland's oldest city. It is the fifth largest city in the country of Republic of Ireland....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 to the seaside resort of Tramore
Tramore

Tramore is a seaside town in County Waterford on the southeast coast of Republic of Ireland. A small fishing village until the arrival of the railway in 1853, the town has continually expanded since....
, 7.25 miles away. Construction began on February 10, 1853. The Waterford business community financed the 77,000 pounds cost. The William Dargan Construction Company completed the line in 7 months - a considerable achievement as a section of line just outside Waterford ran over deep bogland covered in bulrushes.

In 1925, the line was amalgamated into the Great Southern Railways
Great Southern Railways

The Great Southern Railways Company was an Ireland company that from 1925 until 1945 owned and operated all railways that lay wholly within the Irish Free State ....
 (GS&WR), which subsequently became part of CIE
Córas Iompair Éireann

C?ras Iompair ?ireann is a statutory corporation of the Republic of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for the provision of most public transport services in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the Republic and Northern I...
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The Waterford and Tramore Railway was an independent line which opened on September 5, 1853, connecting Manor St. in the city of Waterford
Waterford

Waterford is the primary city of the South East region. Founded in 914 in Ireland AD, by the Vikings, it is Ireland's oldest city. It is the fifth largest city in the country of Republic of Ireland....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 to the seaside resort of Tramore
Tramore

Tramore is a seaside town in County Waterford on the southeast coast of Republic of Ireland. A small fishing village until the arrival of the railway in 1853, the town has continually expanded since....
, 7.25 miles away. Construction began on February 10, 1853. The Waterford business community financed the 77,000 pounds cost. The William Dargan Construction Company completed the line in 7 months - a considerable achievement as a section of line just outside Waterford ran over deep bogland covered in bulrushes.

In 1925, the line was amalgamated into the Great Southern Railways
Great Southern Railways

The Great Southern Railways Company was an Ireland company that from 1925 until 1945 owned and operated all railways that lay wholly within the Irish Free State ....
 (GS&WR), which subsequently became part of CIE
Córas Iompair Éireann

C?ras Iompair ?ireann is a statutory corporation of the Republic of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for the provision of most public transport services in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the Republic and Northern I...
. On 27 September, 1960, CIE announced closure of the line and, on December 31, it was permanently closed, to be replaced by a bus service. To avoid demonstrations, the last scheduled train did not run. The final trains thus were the 1.25 p.m. from Waterford and the 2.10 p.m. from Tramore.

During the first half of 1961, all the tracks were lifted - locally it is believed for shipment to Nigeria
Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federation constitutional republic comprising States of Nigeria and one Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria....
. The sleepers were sold for protection against coastal erosion. One of the few remaining traces of the railway is the Station house, which currently serves as the offices of Tramore Failte.

The Waterford and Tramore Railway was the only line in Ireland that did not connect to any others. It was one of Waterford's
County Waterford

County Waterford is a county in the province of Munster on the south coast of Republic of Ireland. It is the smallest county in Munster in terms of both area and population....
 five railways, the others being:

  1. Waterford, Limerick and Western;
    Great Southern and Western Railway

    The Great Southern and Western Railway was one of the main railway operations in Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company was the largest of Ireland's "Big Four" railway operators, buying up smaller operations and expanding its route mileage for much of its existence....
  2. Waterford and Central Ireland;
    History of rail transport in Ireland

    The history of rail transport in Ireland began only a decade later than in History of rail transport in Great Britain. By its peak in 1920, Ireland had 5,500 route kilometers....
  3. Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore;
  4. Dublin and South Eastern.
    Dublin and South Eastern Railway

    The Dublin and South Eastern Railway was originally incorporated by Act of Parliament in 1846 as the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow and Dublin Railway Company....


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