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1 News: Damien Tiernan, South East Correspondent, reports on the reopening a year after the train derailment at the Cahir viaduct in Co Tipperary
The Waterford-Limerick rail line reopened today after being out of service for nearly a year following the dramatic collapse of the railway bridge at Cahir last October.
The viaduct collapsed as a freight train was travelling over it, sending a number of the goods carriages into the river below.
There were fears that Iarnród Éireann was not going to reopen the line, however, more than €2.5m has been spent on reconstructing the bridge to a higher specification.
The rail line was officially opened by the Minister for Transport, Séamus Brennan, when he also announced two new daily services between Waterford and Limerick.
