The impermanent way of Tramore

[Metrovik]

Above is a page of the Waterford and Tramore railway by Fayle and Newman. 

I've run into some confusion. The middle photo shows Tramore station 1959 when the track had been largely removed bar a single line. The bottom picture shows the station in 1960. The track seems to have been reinstated less than a year later! The whole line closed in 1960 so I've been led to believe the track was removed, relayed and removed again in the space of less than a year! Is this correct or an error on behalf of the publishers? (Not trying to damage their reputation, just seems hard to believe!) 

Edited 16 hours ago by Metrovik

[LNERW1]

I believe the camping coach was removed with the line in 1960, so it was possibly moved closer to the running line so as to be removed more easily?

[Mol_PMB]

The camping coach was converted for the 1960 summer season so its stay there must have been very short. 

[GSWR 90]

I think this is from either the IRRS or Irish Railfan News, 1960:

"At the end of January last CIÉ announced its intention of increasing the number of holiday camping coaches for the coming summer in view of the success achieved when introduced for the first time last season. Two camping coaches are being provided at both Galway and Tramore this year, in addition to those sited last year at Killarney and Dungarvan. The two coaches provided at Carrick-on-Shannon last season are being withdrawn and transferred to Galway - a more attractive location. Two new coaches are at present (April 1960) being fitted out in Inchicore works No.818 as HC7 and No.837 as HC8 - and when these are completed they will be moved to Tramore. CIÉ have also announced that charges for all camping coaches will be reduced in the off-peak periods while the obligation on those booking coaches to buy six return tickets from their homes to the site has been reduced this year to three return tickets. A special ticket costing £2:10:0 allowing unlimited travel in the area of the coach site is also provided this summer for those availing of the coaches. At the end of January last, English visitors alone had already booked for a total of 32 weeks holidays in the CIÉ camping coaches for the coming summer."

837 is currently at Maam Cross