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Fri 03 Mar 2010Viaduct was not sunk in bedrock as expected
IARNRÓD Éireann staff maintaining a viaduct in north Dublin did not “appreciate” that the structure was sitting on a man-made causeway instead of being sunk into the bedrock, a report carried out by the rail company has found.
A major accident was narrowly avoided last August when a section of the Broadmeadow Viaduct which crosses the Malahide Estuary collapsed moments after a commuter train passed over it. The line, which links Dublin to Belfast, was closed for three months and cost €4 million to repair.
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