Bridgetown railway station

Bridgetown railway station or Bridgetown halt served the village of Bridgetown, County Wexford, Ireland. It was unstaffed and accessible only via a wicket gate.

Bridgetown Baile an Droichid
Location	Bridgetown Ireland
Coordinates	52.230719°N 6.548926°W / 52.230719; -6.548926
Owned by	Iarnród Éireann
Operated by	Iarnród Éireann
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Key dates
1 August 1906	Station opens
3 November 1975	Station closes for goods traffic
18 September 2010	Station closes for passenger traffic

The station opened on 1 August 1906[1] and closed on 18 September 2010.[2] The rail service was replaced by a revised Bus Éireann route 370 from Monday 20 September 2010:[3] Wexford Bus operate a shuttle bus service to Wexford and Kilmore Quay 3 times a day (2 on Wednesday & no Sunday service). A 4th service between Kilmore Quay and the town in each direction avoids the village. In recent years the platform has become a mecca for anti social behaviour by young people living within the village and litter is regular thrown by local households on to the running line. The line has also become a public footpath for locals who walk their dogs along it and school kids. Few people are aware that Irish Rail still maintain the route to an operational standard with several inspection cars plus a similar number of road/rail maintenance moves along the track each year. There's also an annual weedspray train usually hauled by an 071 diesel engine (the only proper full sized train along it each year).[4] Infrequent Bus Éireann route 381 (Blackhall-Wexford:[5]) and 383 (Kilmore Quay-Wexford:[6]) also serve Bridgetown.