Ballywilliam

Ballywilliam Station, north Co.Wexford, is located on the 1862 built Bagnalstown to Palace East line, which was latterly operated by the Great Southern & Western Railway. Never a heavily used line, it lost its passenger service in 1934 and to goods in 1947. However the line remained busy for the seasonal sugar beet traffic for the Wexford area, along with been regularly used for GAA specials. The line closed completely in April 1963. Ballywilliam had a loop and a siding for beet traffic. The fine tall station building survives just outside the small village.
This is the former station building at Ballywilliam, on the closed 1963 line from Bagnalstown to Palace East. It is a substantial structure for such a station serving a low populated area. The station was gated off, so there is nothing much to be seen here. The station retained a loop and siding for sugar beet traffic until closure in April 1963. The overgrown trackbed at the northern end of Ballywilliam Station. On the left can be seen a former railway telegraph pole.