🧵 1/4 Many of you will have seen articles recently with @wlrfm @WaterfordNS @KKPeopleNews on the future of the Barrow Bridge on the #Wexford to #Waterford rail line. @IrishRail have announced that the bridge will be pinned open due to a ship collision in Feb 2022
https://twitter.com/MarcKC_Green/status/1597551024440766465
2/4 The bridge is an engineering marvel (almost 1/2 a mile long) that has functioned since 1906 - this video from @tidesntales gives you an idea of its scale and the opening & closing mechanism Several trains crossed the bridge in 2022 (after the accident) 
3/4 @IrishRail stated they will commence repair work on the bridge once compensation has been received from the ship's insurer. However, this has happened before. In 1991 a similar bridge strike occurred. The matter was with the High Court until 2001! A full decade!
4/4 We have written to @IrishRail & @EamonRyan to request that the works begin immediately. Severe damage & degradation might occur to the bridge if repair works don't begin soon, and waiting a decade for funding will end any future it may have. #Rosslare #rail #publictransport
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