Wellingtonbridge railway station served the town of

Wellingtonbridge Wellingtonbridge (), also spelled Wellington Bridge, is a village in south County Wexford, Ireland. It lies some 24 km west of Wexford and 28 km east of Waterford, at the intersection of the R733 and R736 regional roads. It was his ...

and nearby Maudlintown in

County Wexford County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...

, Ireland.

Description

The station was staffed and had an

island platform An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...

; it was not wheelchair-accessible. It had the only

passing loop A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place, refuge loop or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at or near a station, where trains or ...

on the mothballed Waterford-Rosslare section of the

Limerick–Rosslare railway line The Limerick–Rosslare Main Line is a railway route in the Republic of Ireland that linked the city of Limerick on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast with Rosslare Europort on the coast of the Irish Sea. It also serves the city of Waterford, ...

. The station was used for loading of sugar beet trains until the last sugar factory (at Mallow) closed after the 2005 season. The station opened on 1 August 1906 and closed on 18 September 2010.

Replacement bus service

The rail service was replaced by a revised

Bus Éireann Bus Éireann (; "Irish Bus") is a state-owned bus and coach operator providing services throughout Ireland, with the exception of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area, where bus services are provided by sister company Dublin Bus. It is a subsidia ...

route 370 from Monday 20 September 2010. Once a week

routes 372 (

New Ross New Ross (, formerly ) is a town in southwest County Wexford, Ireland. It is located on the River Barrow, near the border with County Kilkenny, and is around northeast of Waterford. In 2016 it had a population of 8,040 people, making it the ...

Foulkesmill Foulkesmill or Foulkesmills () is a small village located in the south of County Wexford, Ireland. History The Irish name ''Muileann Fúca'' was historically anglicised as ''Mullinfooky''. The English name comes from Sir Foulkes Furlong (fl. 1 ...

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 373 (

Fethard-on-Sea Fethard-on-Sea or Fethard () is a village in southwest County Wexford in Ireland. It lies on the R734 road on the eastern side of the Hook peninsula, between Waterford Harbour and Bannow Bay. The village had a population of 311 as of the 20 ...

) also serve Wellingtonbridge.

References

External links

Irish Rail webpage for Wellingtonbridge station
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wellingtonbridge Railway Station Iarnród Éireann stations in County Wexford Disused railway stations in County Wexford Railway stations opened in 1906 Railway stations closed in 2010 1906 establishments in Ireland 2010 disestablishments in Ireland

Description

Replacement bus service

See also

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