Wellingtonbridge railway station
Station in County Wexford, Ireland
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Wellingtonbridge railway station served the town of Wellingtonbridge and nearby Maudlintown in County Wexford, Ireland.
Wellingtonbridge Droichead Eoin  | |||||
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Wellingtonbridge station in 2006 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Wellingtonbridge Ireland | ||||
| Owner | Iarnród Éireann | ||||
| Operator | Iarnród Éireann | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 August 1906 | Station opens | ||||
| 3 November 1975 | Station closes for goods traffic (except tar and sugar beet) | ||||
| 2 June 1978 | Station closes for tar traffic | ||||
| 18 September 2010 | Station closes for passenger traffic | ||||
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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]