Tags: Railway Line.
The Lavistown Loop Line provides an important function in transporting freight and timber liner trains. Before the loop was constructed freight and timber liner trains would have to turn around at Kilkenny railway station to continue on to their destination in Sallypark near Waterford railway station. Non-passenger trains such as the DFDS Freight Train from Ballina–Waterford avoid Kilkenny by using the Lavistown Loop Line which joins both lines going to Kilkenny.