Wellingtonbridge railway station
Station in County Wexford, Ireland
Wellingtonbridge
Location within 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
References
- ^ "Wellingtonbridge station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
- ^ "(untitled)". Irish Rail. Archived from the original on 28 September 2010.
- ^ "WATERFORD−NEW ROSS−DUNCANNON−WELLINGTONBRIDGE−WEXFORD timetable" (PDF). Bus Éireann. 20 September 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "(untitled)" (PDF). Bus Éireann. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2011.
External links
- Irish Rail webpage for Wellingtonbridge station
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ballycullane Line and station closed | InterCity Limerick-Rosslare Line | Bridgetown Line and station closed | ||
| Ballycullane Line and station closed | Great Southern and Western Railway Limerick-Rosslare | Duncormick Line and station closed |
52°16′01″N 6°44′46″W / 52.2669°N 6.7461°W / 52.2669; -6.7461
