Bridgetown halt served the village of Bridgetown

Bridgetown, County Wexford

Bridgetown is a small rural village, located sixteen kilometres from Wexford town on the R736 regional road, it's close to Duncormick and only six kilometres from the picturesque fishing village of Kilmore Quay. The population of the village is 747....

 in County Wexford

County Wexford

County Wexford is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Wexford. In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, whose capital was at Ferns. Wexford County Council is the local...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. It was unstaffed and accessible only via a wicket gate

Wicket gate

A wicket gate is a small gate or door, particularly one built into a larger one. The cricket term "wicket" comes from this usage. The term wicket gate is also used in English to refer to automatic ticket barriers or older staffed ticket gates on Japan's railway network...

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The station opened on 1 August 1906 and closed on 18 September 2010. The rail service was replaced by a revised Bus Éireann Route 370 service from Monday 20th September, 2010: Wexford Bus operate a shuttle bus service to Wexford town and Kilmore Quay up to three times a day (with variations on different days of the week). Infrequent Bus Éireann Route 381 (Blackhall-Wexford: ) and 383 (Kilmore Quay-Wexford:) also serve Bridgetown.

Routes

External links

• Irish Rail webpage for Bridgetown station