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.
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Location | Bridgetown Ireland |
Coordinates | 52.230719°N 6.548926°W |
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.
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Wellingtonbridge Line and station closed |
InterCity Limerick-Rosslare Line |
Rosslare Strand | ||
Duncormick Line and station closed |
Great Southern and Western Railway Limerick-Rosslare |
Killinick Line and station closed |
External links
See also
References
- "Bridgetown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived Document" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- http://wexfordbus.com/timetables/wexford-kilmore/
- "Archived Document" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111220180910/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1284376415-370.pdf
- http://wexfordbus.com/timetables/wexford-kilmore
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110516205013/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387061-381.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20110516200852/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1202387140-383.pdf