| Wellingtonbridge Droichead Eoin
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Wellingtonbridge
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Wexford |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Area code(s) | 053 |
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Wellingtonbridge (Irish: Droichead Eoin), also spelled Wellington Bridge, is a village in south County Wexford, Ireland. It lies some 24 km west of Wexford and 28 km east of Waterford, at the intersection of the R733 and R736 regional roads. It was historically called Ballyowen (Irish: Baile Eoin) after the townland it occupies.
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The village was on the Limerick-Rosslare railway line: Wellingtonbridge railway station, which was formerly an important point for the loading of sugar beet, opened on 1 August 1906 and closed on 18th September 2010. Ref: http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/general_news.asp?action=view&news_id=900
The rail service was replaced by a revised Bus Éireann Route 370 service from Monday 20th September, 2010: http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1284376415-370.pdf
It is also served by Bus Éireann routes 372 and 373: http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1284565124-371372373.pdf