Dismantled Railway – Dungarvan to Cappoquin

  • Author: ActiveME
  • Created: August 28, 2012 10:33 am
  • Updated: December 12, 2017 11:01 am
Location: Waterford
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  • Distance 17 km
  • Time 0 s
  • Speed 0.0 km/h
  • Min altitude 6 m
  • Peak 22 m
  • Climb 23 m
  • Descent 6 m

The Waterford, Dungarvan & Lismore Railway Company, was set-up in 1872. This 43 mile stretch of railway was the most expensive line to be built in Ireland at the time, as it followed the most difficult route of any railway in the South. It was a very hilly line with a series of sharp curves, a tunnel 418 feet long near Durrow and two viaducts, one at Durrow and the other at Ballyvoyle. It also included a great number of under and over bridges and three road crossings at Dungarvan (www.wsvrailway.ie)

A section of dismantled railway which is not developed as a walking/cycle route

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The Waterford, Dungarvan & Lismore Railway Company, was set-up in 1872. This 43 mile stretch of railway was the most expensive line to be built in Ireland at the time, as it followed the most difficult route of any railway in the South. It was a very hilly line with a series of sharp curves, a tunnel 418 feet long near Durrow and two viaducts, one at Durrow and the other at Ballyvoyle. It also included a great number of under and over bridges and three road crossings at Dungarvan (www.wsvrailway.ie)

A section of dismantled railway which is not developed as a walking/cycle route

Gallery