Waterford & Tramore Railway to be honoured with heritage blue plaque this week
Former Waterford & Tramore steam train at Tramore Station
A new heritage blue plaque commemorating the historic Waterford & Tramore Railway will be unveiled at the former Tramore railway station this Friday, July 17.
This unveiling is the first of two Heritage Blue Plaques commemorating the Waterford & Tramore Railway.
Waterford Civic Trust, in partnership with Waterford City and County Council, will unveil the new plaque at 12pm at the former Tramore railway station on Lower Branch Road, Tramore.
A second plaque will be unveiled in September at Railway Square, Waterford City, marking the site of the former Manor Street terminus.
Opened in 1853, the Waterford & Tramore Railway provided an important transport link between Waterford City and the popular seaside resort of Tramore for more than a century. Carrying generations of commuters, holidaymakers and visitors until its closure in 1960, the railway became an integral part of the social and economic life of County Waterford.
The former Tramore Railway Station, where the plaque will be unveiled, is one of the few surviving reminders of the line and has recently been carefully conserved and brought back into use, making it a particularly fitting location for the ceremony.
The plaque will be unveiled by Mayor of Waterford City and County, Cllr. Liam Brazil, together with representatives of Waterford Civic Trust and local community groups.
Members of the public are invited to attend the unveiling ceremony.
Waterford Civic Trust also welcomes anyone with memories, photographs or stories of the Waterford & Tramore Railway to share them as part of preserving the history of this much-loved railway.
