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The line between Rosslare and Waterford has been closed to passenger trains since September 2010, [2] though it is still maintained by Iarnród Éireann. [3] 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. [4] [5]
She saw service as a hospital ship during World War II but returned to Fishguard service in 1946 and continued in railway service until 1967 when she was cut up. [8] TrSS St David: 1906: 1933: 2,529: One of three ships that started the new Fishguard to Rosslare service in 1906, St David was built by John Brown.
This culminated in the incorporation of the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company by the Fishguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. cxxxvii) of 31 July 1894. [citation needed] Shortly before this took place Rowlands and Cartland negotiated to purchase the derelict Maenclochog Railway in 1894 for £50,000.
The Fishguard & Rosslare Railways & Harbours Company gained authority to run a boat service from Fishguard, Wales to Rosslare Harbour in 1895. The GS&WR were then able to run a service notably including a twelve-wheeled dining car from Rosslare routing via Waterford and Mallow at considerable convenience for travellers going to Cork City and further south-west.
Rosslare Europort (Irish: Europort Ros Láir) is a modern seaport located at Rosslare Harbour in County Wexford, Ireland, near the southeasternmost point of the island of Ireland. The port is the primary Irish port serving the European Continent with 36 direct services to the Continent weekly. [ 4 ]
In preparation of this, the GWR opened its first station, Fishguard & Goodwick railway station, in 1899 when work on the new port began with the construction of Fishguard Harbour's East breakwater. In conjunction with building the East Breakwater, a new 2 mi (3.2 km) railway would be built to connect to the liner terminal with the West Wales line.
The Dublin-Rosslare Main Line is a main rail route between Dublin Connolly station and Rosslare Europort, where it connects with ferry services to the United Kingdom and mainland Europe. The line between Dublin and Greystones is electrified and forms the southern part of the DART service. Between Bray and Rosslare the line is single track only. [2]
In 1990, Visby was chartered to United Kingdom-based ferry operator Sealink British Ferries for service between Fishguard and Rosslare. Following a major refit in Tilbury, the vessel entered service in March 1990 as Felicity. She remained the largest ferry on the Irish Sea until the arrival of Isle of Innisfree in 1995.