Bridgetown railway station or Bridgetown halt (

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: Baile an Droichid) served the village of

Bridgetown, County Wexford Bridgetown () is a small rural village, located sixteen kilometres from Wexford town on the R736 regional road. It is close to Duncormick and six kilometres from the fishing village of Kilmore Quay. As of the 2016 census, the population of t ...

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. It was unstaffed and accessible only via a picket gate.

History

The station opened on 1 August 1906 and closed on 18 September 2010. The rail service was replaced by a revised

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route 370 from Monday 20 September 2010: Wexford Bus operate a shuttle bus service to

Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 N ...

and

Kilmore Quay Kilmore Quay () is a fishing village near Kilmore, in County Wexford, Ireland. As of 2016, it has a population of 372. It is a fishing village, but its leisure facilities such as sailing, and sea angling charters are also of economic importanc ...

three times a day (two on Wednesday and no Sunday service). A fourth service between Kilmore Quay and the town in each direction avoids the village. Infrequent

route 381 (Blackhall-

:) and 383 (

:) also serve Bridgetown. In recent years the platform has become a location for anti-social behaviour and littering. The line is also used as a footpath. However,

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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.

Routes

References

External links

Iarnród Éireann webpage from 2007 for Bridgetown station
Iarnród Éireann stations in County Wexford Disused railway stations in County Wexford Railway stations opened in 1906 1906 establishments in Ireland {{Ireland-railstation-stub

History

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See also

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