As the line provides no strategic link (faster if slightly longer distance via Limerick Junction) it will close in the near future it just cannot complete
With the exception of the the former Shale traffic there is no likely freight traffic on the route, Silvermines is already gone and the locals are already in a fight concerning the toxic waste left behind
Despite all the hype few if any are willing to actually travel on the route, the Alan Kelly Express as it is now known carries fewer people in an entire week than the Waterford Rosslare line carried on a single train on a Saturday.
It just proves this country is still led by politics not sense
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