North Station

Waterford North Station - a Poole Image

Waterford North Station - a Poole Image

Š Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Waterford North Station - a Poole Image
Š Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

Waterford North Station - a Poole Image

Waterford North Station - a Poole Image

Š Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland

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The Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway took over the running of the Fermoy and Lismore line on August 1st 1882 but the line still had no physical connection with the main Waterford North Station on the north of the Suir.

This changed in 1893 when the Fisguard and Rosslare Railways and Harbours Company put forward a new scheme to make a link from Ireland to the United Kingdom by means of a rail and port link through Rosslare.

An 1898 Act allowed the company to acquire the Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Railway as well as the Fermoy and Lismore Railway. As a result the Great Southern and Western Railway ran the entire line from Mallow to Waterford from August 1898.

The Waterford, Dungarvan and Lismore Line was still not linked to the main network of rail lines, to overcome this problem, the Red Iron Bridge was built in 1906 and after this passengers could travel directly to Rosslare.