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Line 44:
The section between Waterford and Rosslare section remains the property of the Fishguard & Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company, which is jointly owned by [[Iarnród Éireann]] and [[Stena Line]]. It is the only main line railway in the Republic not wholly owned by the State.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn%3A72GU.L&display=news&it=le&period=2001 |title=Fishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours Company 3 1/2% GTD PRF STK (LSE:72GU) Share Price
|publisher=Interactive Investor
The line's most 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 |
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.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
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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=` |publisher=Iarnród Éireann |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928031821/http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=900 |archive-date=2010-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Iarnród Éireann provided a four-car [[IE 2700 and 2750 Classes|2700 class]] [[diesel multiple unit]] for the service, instead of the usual two-car unit. The [[National Transport Authority (Ireland)|National Transport Authority]] requires IÉ to maintain the now-disused line.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
[[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 |
==Notable incidents==
*In 1955 an out-of-control train crashed through the buffers in the loop at {{rws|Cahir}} and fell through the deck of the viaduct. The driver and fireman were killed.<ref>MacAongusa, p 180.</ref>
*In 2003 a train of 22 cement wagons was derailed on the viaduct. The locomotive and driver safely crossed the bridge, but 13 of the wagons behind the locomotive fell through the deck of the bridge into the river.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/train-plunges-into-river-as-bridge-collapses-25925397.html |last1=Hogan |first1=Treacy |last2=Murphy |first2=Sarah |title=Train plunges into river as bridge collapses |newspaper=[[Irish Independent]] |publisher=Independent News & Media |date=8 October 2003 |
Services resumed in September 2004 with diesel railcars, but further engineering works dogged services, requiring frequent bus replacements of the train services.{{citation needed|date=May 2018}}
*In 2012 a young girl was hit and injured by a train near [[Tipperary Town]] which was travelling from Limerick Junction to Waterford. She was taken to hospital. No-one aboard the train was injured.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0312/tipperary.html |title=Young girl injured after being struck by train |publisher=[[Raidió Teilifís Éireann|RTÉ]] |date=13 March 2012
==Trains==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |last=Murray |first=KA |year=1976 |title=Great Southern And Western Railway |place=Billericay |publisher=Irish Railway Record Society (London Area) |isbn=0904078051
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