Transport in Waterford

The city is connected by road, rail, bus, air and sea.

[citation needed] Rail services in Waterford are provided by Iarnród Éireann, Ireland's national railway system.

The station is located across Rice Bridge on the North side of the city.

Services are provided to Dublin, Limerick, Rosslare Europort, Kilkenny, Clonmel.

Freight services are also provided to Dublin, Port of Waterford and Rosslare Europort.

The service connected with Stena Line and Irish Ferries sailings to Fishguard and Pembroke Dock in the UK respectively.

[1] It was replaced by a revised Bus Éireann Route 370 service from 20 September 2010.

[2] In November 2016 it was revealed that Waterford could lose its connection to Limerick Junction by 2018 with the closure of the Limerick Junction Waterford line by CIE/IE to save money as the line has low demand.

[6][7] On 22 March 2010, a section of the M9 opened as part of the new motorway linking Waterford with Dublin.

The final section between Carlow and Knocktopher was opened on 9 September 2010, completing the 118.5 kilometres (73.6 mi) route.

[10] Port of Waterford which was located adjacent to the city centre until 1992 was moved to Belview on the N29 on the north bank of the River Suir.

The closest passenger port is Rosslare Europort in County Wexford[13] (72 km (45 miles) away by road), which has services to Fishguard, Pembroke Dock, Cherbourg, Roscoff and Le Havre.

There is an air sea rescue service operating out of Waterford Airport from a dedicated Irish Coastguard base.