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©  Jun 14, 2023


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NIKON Z 5

Exposure: 1/400
Aperture: f/6.3
Focal length: 41 mm
ISO: 100
Time: 10:48

Last tara with 073



storyThe last weeks of tara mines trains, at the moment there is only one train left per day, on the photo one of the last departures of the second train

Boilen recently announced a "temporary" closure of the tara zinc mines at 14 july. The largest zinc mine in Europe, and the closure and maintenance will result in 650 layoffs, a huge blow to the meath county economy.

About tara mines trains

Probably mines will reopen in next 1-5 years, but even if this happens, it is very likely that the trains will no longer work, all because the port of dublin does not want to see trains on its territory and is interested in switching to trucks, after the cancellation of tara trains, in Dublin you can see only two freight trains per day from Tuesday to Friday.

Also because of this, most likely the navan - Drogheda line will go down in history, since it was the only exclusively freight line, it is interesting in that there are no traffic lights on it and all crossings are manual
Very nice photo but unfortunately sad story
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