Bridgetown railway station

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.

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

Bridgetown

Baile an Droichid
General information
LocationBridgetown, Wexford,
Ireland
Coordinates52.230719°N 6.548926°W / 52.230719; -6.548926
Owned byIarnród Éireann
Operated byIarnród Éireann
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Key dates
1 August 1906Station opens
3 November 1975Station closes for goods traffic
18 September 2010Station closes for passenger traffic

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 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 Iarnród Éireann 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).[5] Infrequent Bus Éireann route 381 (Blackhall-Wexford:[6]) and 383 (Kilmore Quay-Wexford:[7]) also serve Bridgetown.

Routes
Limerick–Rosslare
Year
closed
 Limerick Colbert
to Foynes
2009
Western Railway Corridor
to Galway
 Killonan
1963
Limerick–Ballybrophy line
 Boher
1963
 Dromkeen
1976
 Pallas
 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
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
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

See also

References
  1. "Baile an Droichid/Bridgetown". Logainm.ie (in Ga). Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. "Bridgetown station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
  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. "Archived Document" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. "Wexford Bus - Timetable".
  6. "Archived Document" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  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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