History
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 (GS&WR), which subsequently became part of CIE.
The Waterford and Tramore Railway was the only line in Ireland that did not connect to any others. It was one of Waterford's five railways, the others being:
- Waterford, Limerick and Western;
- Waterford and Central Ireland;
- Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore;
- Dublin and South Eastern.
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