Heritage route
Waterford & Suir Valley Railway
Kilmeaden → Bilberry · Ireland
Narrow-gauge trains follow the tidal River Suir on the trackbed of an 1878 mainline, running alongside the Waterford Greenway cycle path.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 32 m from it
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Questions and answers
How long is the Waterford & Suir Valley Railway?
The Waterford & Suir Valley Railway runs 10 km from Kilmeaden to Bilberry.
How long does the Waterford & Suir Valley Railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 45 min for the 10 km. That is an average of 13 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 25 km/h.
Who runs the Waterford & Suir Valley Railway?
Waterford & Suir Valley Railway, with Hunslet diesel locomotive, open-sided carriages.
How old is the Waterford & Suir Valley Railway?
The line has been in service since 2003. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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