Limerick Junction To Waterford Railway Line.

09/02/2021

The old manually operated level crossing at Cashel Road in Clonmel, county Tipperary, Ireland. An Irish Rail 22000 class DMU intercity train passes westbound...

12/01/2021

Iarnród Éireann has advised customers that, following the further level 5 restrictions announced by Government, a revised and reduced schedule will operate across the rail network from Monday, January 11, approved by the National Transport Authority.  The revised schedule reflects...

11/01/2021

Waterford to Limerick Jctn

Services suspended

21/09/2020

Saturday 26th September
Due to Ballast Cleaning between Ballybrophy and Lisduff on Saturday 26th September, the following service alterations and amendments will take place:

07:20 Waterford to Limerick Junction is deferred to 07:30

16:25 Waterford to Limerick Junction is deferred to 16:50

09:40 Limerick Junction to Waterford is deferred to 10:05

18:40 Limerick Junction to Waterford is deferred to 19:15

03/09/2020

Iarnród Éreann has no plans to invest in improving the Waterford/Limerick Junction rail service for Tipperary’s rail passengers due to the low number of people travelling on the route.   The rail service that links Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Cahir and Tipperary Town...

31/08/2020

THE FIRST passengers of the reopened Limerick-Waterford rail line were left disappointed after a “mechanical fault” prevented the train from leaving the tracks this Monday morning.  The first rail service was due to depart from Waterford’s Plunkett Station at 7.20am, and the r...

29/08/2020

A train service, connecting south Kilkenny to the west of Ireland, suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic will return to service restarting next Monday. The Waterford to Limerick Junction rail service, which runs through south Kilkenny, has been suspended since March 30, but Irish Rail have decided....

29/08/2020

THE Limerick to Waterford rail-line is to re-open to passengers on Monday, it has been confirmed this lunchtime. Commuter services will once again call between Castleconnell, Birdhill, Nenagh, Cloughjordan and Birdhill after they were suspended during the Covid-19 lockdown. The Limerick-Waterford se...

13/06/2020

I can strongly assure everybody that the Limerick Junction To Waterford railway line is not closed permanently. Iarnród Éireann just suspended services on the line on a temporary basis in March as part of the Covid 19 time table. Iarnród Éireann plans to restore services to the line as soon as full travel restrictions ate lifted and after the Covid 19 has passed. However services will resume as they were before been suspended there wont be no increase or change due to low usage on the route.

06/06/2020

Services on the Limerick Junction Waterford route will resume once the Covid 19 emergency has passed. However due to low user numbers there wont be any increase or changes to services on the route.

A train service through South Kilkenny that had been suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic will return to service once this crisis is over Irish Rail have confirmed. The Waterford to Limerick Junction rail service has been suspended since March 30 and despite fears about the future of the service,....

03/06/2020

Iarnród Éireann says rail service serving south Tipperary will resume after lifting of Covid-19 restrictions.

Iarnród Éireann has given an assurance the Waterford to Limerick Junction rail service will resume as part of the restoration of its full network of train services after the lifting of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.

The rail service that links Carrick-on-Suir, Clonmel, Cahir and Tipperary Town with the major inter-city rail services operating from Limerick Junction and Waterford City was suspended in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.

Tipperary Sinn Féin TD Martin Browne said he has raised the closure of the Waterford to Limerick rail service as well as the closure of the Limerick to Ballybrophy rail line serving north Tipperary with Iarnród Éireann and Transport Minister Shane Ross as he is concerned they won't be resumed after the Covid-19 crisis.

The Cashel based TD said he had hoped a resumption date for the services would be announced as part of the Government's roadmap for lifting the Covid-19 restrictions but this has not happened.

He said he received no clarification on the future of the services in the response he received from Irish Rail and the Transport Minister to his query.

Deputy Browne complained both rail lines have already suffered from downgrading and a lack of investment despite the clear benefits rail links provide to Tipperary for the development of the economy and in reducing traffic on the roads and carbon emissions.

"As well as clarifying when both lines are expected to reopen, the Minister and Irish rail need to make a commitment to ensuring the continuation of both lines into the future,” he added.

However, Iarnród Éireann spokesperson Barry Kenny told The Nationalist the Waterford to Limerick Junction rail service will be returning but he was unable to give a date at this stage as to when this will happen.

He pointed out the overwhelming majority of people were still being advised at the moment to avoid non-essential travel.

Mr Kenny said the Waterford to Limerick Junction service will resume when Iarnród Éireann builds back up to its full network of services following the lifting of Covid-19 travel restrictions.

“I can't tell you what date that will be but we are working with the National Transport Authority on this and will ultimately restore the service on the route.”

01/04/2020

Iarnród Éireann suspended services on the Limerick Junction Waterford line on Mobnday the 30th March until further notice meaning no service runs on the line and all stations along the line are now closed until further notice.