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Bridgetown railway station

Bridgetown railway station

Station in County Wexford, Ireland

For the former station in County Donegal, see Bridgetown railway station (County Donegal).

Bridgetown railway station or Bridgetown halt (Irish: Baile an Droichid[1]) served the village of Bridgetown, County Wexford, Ireland. It was unstaffed and accessible only via a picket gate.

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History

The station opened on 1 August 1906[2] and closed on 18 September 2010.[3] The rail service was replaced by a revised Bus Éireann route 370 from Monday 20 September 2010:[4] Wexford Bus operate a shuttle bus service to Wexford and Kilmore Quay three times a day (two on Wednesday and no Sunday service).[5] A fourth service between Kilmore Quay and the town in each direction avoids the village. Infrequent Bus Éireann route 381 (Blackhall-Wexford) and 383 (Kilmore Quay-Wexford) also serve Bridgetown.[6][7]

Routes

Limerick–Rosslare
Legend
Year
closed
 Limerick Colbert
to Foynes
2009
Western Railway Corridor
to Galway
 Killonan
1963
Limerick–Ballybrophy line
 Boher
1963
 Dromkeen
1976
 Pallas Grean
1963
 Oola
1963
← Dublin–Cork line →
 Limerick Junction
 Tipperary
 Bansha
1963
River Suir
 Cahir
 Clonmel
to Thurles
1967
 Kilsheelan
1963
 Carrick-on-Suir
 Fiddown and Portlaw
1855
 Grange
1963
Dublin–Waterford line
Mallow–Waterford line
1967
Waterford West goods yard
 Waterford Plunkett
to New Ross
1995
River Barrow
 Campile
2010
 Ballycullane
2010
 Wellingtonbridge
2010
 Duncormick
1976
 Bridgetown
2010
 Killinick
1976
Felthouse Junction
curve closed 1918
Dublin–
Rosslare Line
 Rosslare Strand
 Kilrane
1963
 Rosslare Europort
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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Baile an Droichid/Bridgetown". Logainm.ie (in Irish). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Bridgetown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. [4]
    "Archived Document" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Wexford Bus - Timetable". Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Archived Document" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  7. [7]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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