Dungarvan

The Waterford Dungarvan & Lismore Railway company opened a line that connected the Dungarvan, Co.Waterford, with the towns of Waterford and Lismore in 1878. The line, which eventually ran from Mallow to Waterford was taken over by the Great Southern & Western and became the route for Rosslare to Cork trains. Passenger services on the Mallow to Waterford line ceased in 1967, but the section just west of Dungarvan town (Ballinacourty) to Waterford remained in regular use until 1982 serving the magnesite plant there. The tracks were eventually taken up in the late 1990s. As for Dungarvan Station, which had closed in 1967, the station buildings, up & down platforms and goods shed were later demolished and sadly nothing of it survives today, a fertiliser factory now occupies the former station site. The small river bridge just east of it survives however and has now been turned into a walk way, which also incorporates the former railway causeway just east of Dungarvan town.
141 Class locomotive B172 stands at Dungarvan Station with a Waterford to Mallow train in the mid 1960s. In this view can be seen the signal cabin and goods shed. ©Waterford & Suir Valley This is the site of Dungarvan Station in 2006. Sadly all the station buildings have been completely demolished. This view is looking west towards Mallow, although there is little evidence of the line to show. This was the site of the level crossing at the east end of Dungravan Station, which in railways days was a crossed by a quiet country lane. The former trackbed at this time was been converted into a footpath. Heading east away from the station at Dungarvan the former railway line crossed the River Colligan on this steel plated bridge. The bridge is seen under restoration conjunction with the conversion of the trackbed into a public footpath.
This was the site of Ireland's widest railway level crossing, where the former Mallow to Waterford line crossed diagonally the main N25 road in Dungarvan town. Today there is little trace of the level crossing apart from the trackbed on either side of the road. The stretch of greenery on the right marks the former railway trackbed as it crossed the N25 road in the foreground. When the line closed in 1967, the section along here into Dungarvan Station was retained until 1970 as the town was used as a base for the track lifting gang. This was the site of the most eastern level crossing in the Dungarvan town area, located just beyond the N25 crossing. The former trackbed along here towards Waterford has been retained and is now a public footpath. East of Dungarvan town the former railway line crossed an estuary leading from the Glendine River into Dungarvan bay. During this time the former trackbed was been converted into a public footpath.
This was the site of the level crossing adjacent to the estuary east of Dungarvan town. This view is looking along what was the railway line towards Waterford. The building seen here is the former crossing keepers house. This level crossing feature a short loading bank, seen here on the left, but had long since fallen out of use by the time the railway closed in 1967. As mentioned, the section along here into Dungarvan was retained until 1970. Another view of this former level crossing east of Dungarvan on the former Mallow to Waterford line, this time from the road side of the crossing. The hump in the road where the track once crossed is still evident here.