Wellingtonbridge railway station explained

Wellingtonbridge
Native Name:Droichead Eoin
Native Name Lang:GA
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:ie
Address:Wellingtonbridge
Country:Ireland
Structure:At-grade
Platform:2
Years:1 August 1906
Events:Station opens
Years1:3 November 1975
Events1:Station closes for goods traffic (except tar and sugar beet)
Years2:2 June 1978
Events2:Station closes for tar traffic
Years3:18 September 2010
Events3:Station closes for passenger traffic
Owned:Iarnród Éireann
Operator:Iarnród Éireann
Map Type:Ireland

Wellingtonbridge railway station served the town of Wellingtonbridge and nearby Maudlintown in County Wexford, Ireland.

Description

The station was staffed and had an island platform; it was not wheelchair-accessible. It had the only passing loop on the mothballed Waterford-Rosslare section of the Limerick–Rosslare railway line. 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[1] and closed on 18 September 2010.[2]

Replacement bus service

The rail service was replaced by a revised Bus Éireann route 370 from Monday 20 September 2010.[3] Once a week Bus Éireann routes 372 (New Ross-Foulkesmill-Wexford) and 373 (New Ross-Fethard-on-Sea-Wexford) also serve Wellingtonbridge.[4] [5]

See also

External links

52.2669°N -6.7461°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wellingtonbridge station . Railscot - Irish Railways . 2008-04-22.
  2. Web site: (untitled) . Irish Rail . https://web.archive.org/web/20100928031821/http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=900 . 28 September 2010 . dead .
  3. Web site: WATERFORD−NEW ROSS−DUNCANNON−WELLINGTONBRIDGE−WEXFORD timetable. Bus Éireann. 20 September 2010. 23 April 2011. 20 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111220180910/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1284376415-370.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 3 August 2015 . 6 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150306041832/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1360756249-371.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: (untitled) . Bus Éireann . https://web.archive.org/web/20110516205044/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1284565124-371372373.pdf . 16 May 2011 . dead .