General information | |
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Location | Bridgetown, Wexford, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°13′53″N6°32′56″W / 52.23129°N 6.54901°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 |
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.
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 three times a day (two on Wednesday and no Sunday service). [5] A fourth service between Kilmore Quay and the town in each direction avoids the village. Infrequent Bus Éireann route 381 (Blackhall-Wexford) and 383 (Kilmore Quay-Wexford) also serve Bridgetown. [6] [7]
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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 |
County Wexford 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, whose capital was Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 163,527 at the 2022 census.
The village of Rosslare Harbour, also known as Ballygeary, grew up to serve the needs of the harbour of the same name, first developed in 1906 by the Great Western Railway and the Great Southern and Western Railway to accommodate steamferry traffic between Great Britain and Ireland. This port also serves France and Spain, traffic is mainly roll-on roll-off (RoRo). Rosslare Harbour railway station opened on 30 August 1906.
Rosslare Strand, or simply Rosslare, is a village and seaside resort in County Wexford, Ireland. The name Rosslare Strand is used to distinguish it from the nearby community of Rosslare Harbour, site of the Rosslare Europort.
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 importance.
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Rosslare Strand railway station is in Rosslare Strand, County Wexford, Ireland. It is the junction of the Dublin–Rosslare railway line and the Limerick–Rosslare railway line, the Rosslare Strand to Waterford section of which is currently not in use.
Wexford railway station is a railway station located in Wexford Town in County Wexford, Ireland.
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Waterford railway station is a railway station which serves the city of Waterford in County Waterford, Ireland. The station is located across Rice Bridge on the north side of the city.
Kilmore or Killmore, locally pronounced 'Kilmoor', is a village and townland in south County Wexford, Ireland, about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Wexford town.
The Limerick–Rosslare Main Line is a railway route in Ireland that linked the city of Limerick on the Atlantic coast with Rosslare Europort on the coast of the Irish Sea. It also serves the city of Waterford, and at Limerick Junction it connects with the Dublin–Cork railway line.
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 the village was 462.
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Ballygarrett is a rural village in the southeastern corner of Ireland. It is situated in County Wexford 14 km (8.7 mi) south of Gorey on the R742 regional road. The birthplace of Texas empresario James Power, Ballygarrett is twinned with Refugio, Texas.
Duncormick or Duncormac is a rural village and surrounding community located in County Wexford, Ireland. At the time of the 2016 census, the village of Duncormick had a population of 116 people. The village is 18 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Wexford town, close to the fishing village of Kilmore Quay which is one of the largest fishing harbours in Ireland. 'Duncormick' is sometimes used to refer not only to a village, but also to the rural area surrounding it.
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Ballycullane is a small village located in the south-west of County Wexford, in Ireland. As of the 2016 census, it had a population of 318 people.
Murrintown, also spelled Murntown, is a small village located in the southeast of County Wexford, in Ireland, close to Wexford town. It is part of the parish of Piercestown.
This article deals with transport in Waterford city in Ireland. The city is connected by road, rail, bus, air and sea. There are currently proposals for a bus rapid transit system, consisting of bus trams, or streetcars, to be used in future.
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