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|depot = Carrick-on-Suir<br />Limerick
|stock = [[IE 2800 Class|2800 Class]] (Commuter)<br />[[IE 22000 Class|22000 Class]] (InterCity)
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|tracks = [[Double track]] (Limerick–Killonan)<br />[[Single-track railway|Single track]] with [[passing loop]]s (Killonan–Rosslare)
|gauge = {{RailGauge|1600mm}} [[Irish gauge]]
|electrification = Not electrified
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The '''Limerick–Rosslare Main Line''' is a railway route in
Since 2010 there has been no service between Waterford and Rosslare Europort, and all trains terminate at {{rws|Waterford}}. Rosslare (Europort and Strand) and Wexford have still at least three trains a day to Dublin, and three back (morning, afternoon and evening). The line between Rosslare and Waterford
Plans for reopening the Waterford to Rosslare section were confirmed after inclusion in the All Island Strategic Rail Review and the revised [[Trans-European Transport Network]] in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gately |first=Bronagh |date=2023-12-07 |title=The Rosslare-Waterford railway line has been approved by cabinet |url=https://www.southeastradio.ie/the-rosslare-waterford-railway-line-has-been-approved-by-cabinet/ |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=South East Radio |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-18 |title=Reopening of Rosslare to Waterford railway line still on track as Cabinet signs off on review |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/news/reopening-of-rosslare-to-waterford-railway-line-still-on-track-as-cabinet-signs-off-on-review/a1849768073.html |access-date=2024-10-31 |website=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref>
==History==
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The Waterford to Rosslare section includes the [[Barrow Bridge]], the longest rail bridge in
A notable feature on the line is the [[Cahir]] Viaduct across the [[River Suir]] in [[County Tipperary]]. It was built in 1852 and has three iron spans borne on stone abutments.<ref name=Redfern>{{cite news |url= https://www.newcivilengineer.com/irish-rail-bridge-collapse-triggers-networkwide-inspections/797227.article?search=https%3a%2f%2fwww.newcivilengineer.com%2fsearcharticles%3fqsearch%3d1%26keywords%3dCahir+Suir+bridge |last=Redfern |first=Bernadette |title=Irish rail bridge collapse triggers network-wide inspections |newspaper=[[New Civil Engineer]] |publisher=Metropolis |date=23 October 2003 |access-date=8 May 2018}}</ref> The viaduct was damaged in [[#Notable_incidents|incidents in 1955 and 2003]]. Following the 2003 incident, Iarnród Éireann renewed the viaduct at a cost of €2.6 million and the line reopened in September 2004.<ref name=Ashmore>{{cite news |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/news/waterford-to-limerick-junction-rail-link-restored-1.115879 |last=Ashmore |first=Chris |title=Waterford to Limerick Junction rail link restored |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |issn=0791-5144 |location=Dublin |language=en-ie
Train services have remained infrequent for more than 100 years. By 2003 the line was carrying fewer than 100 passengers a day.<ref name=Ashmore/> When IÉ reopened the line it introduced new railcars<ref name=Ashmore/> and a service of three journeys in each direction on weekdays, which was a greater service frequency than the line had for much of its history. There is no Sunday service.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishrail.ie/IrishRail/media/Timetable-PDF-s/Heuston-timetables/12_WaterfordClonmelLimk.pdf |title=Heuston-timetable: Waterford/Clonmel/Limerick |date=2021 |website=[[Iarnród Éireann]]}}</ref>
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Between {{rws|Limerick}} and Limerick Junction, trains between Limerick and Dublin {{rws|Heuston}} also serve the line.
The speed limit on much of the line is less than {{convert|
===Waterford – Rosslare section===
The Waterford to Rosslare section was traditionally a busy freight line, transporting 150,000 tonnes of [[
On 12 March 2010 it was announced that Iarnród Éireann would review the service between {{rws|Waterford}} and {{rws|Rosslare Europort}} because few passengers were using it. Timetabling was poor. There was only one train each way daily from Monday to Saturday, leaving Rosslare early in the morning and returning from Waterford early in the evening.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Parsons|first=Michael|title=Rosslare-Waterford rail service to end|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/rosslare-waterford-rail-service-to-end-1.617737|access-date=2021-04-22|newspaper=The Irish Times|language=en}}</ref>
The trains made very poor connections with other rail services. They connected with the Stena Line ferry service to and from [[Fishguard Harbour]], but due to the poor onward connections at Waterford few passengers used this. The exception was during the [[Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption|volcanic ash crisis of 2010]], when trains were fully loaded and had standing room only.<ref>{{Cite web|title=
The last train between Waterford and Rosslare ran on 18 September 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=900 |title=
[[Bus Éireann]] revised the timetable and route of bus service 370 to offer alternative passenger transport from 20 September.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1284376415-370.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220180910/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1284376415-370.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2011}}</ref> Buses on the route are branded "370 Connect".
As of 2020, a campaign was ongoing in the local area to reopen the rail line.<ref>{{Cite
On February 10, 2023, plans to reopen the line were issued.
==Services==
[[IE 22000 Class]] InterCity railcars usually operate services on the line. Between 2012 and 2013 IÉ operated [[IE 2800 Class]] railcars on the line. From 2004 until 2012 [[IE 2700 Class]] railcars operated most services. Until 2003 IÉ operated most trains with a [[CIE 141 Class
==Notable incidents==
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