Cefn-y-Bedd railway station

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General information
Location	Flintshire
Managed by	Transport for Wales
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CYB
History
Opened	1 May 1866
Original company	Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
Pre-grouping	Great Central Railway

Cefn-y-bedd railway station serves the village of Cefn-y-bedd in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 4 miles (6 km) north of Wrexham General on the Borderlands Line. It was opened in 1866 by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway, which later became part of the Great Central Railway system.

History

The station used to have a 14-lever signal box to the north of the Bidston-bound platform, and a goods yard adjacent to the western side of the station. The signal box was in use until 1945 and the goods yard closed on 14 May 1964. The station became unstaffed in 1969, but the main building on the northbound side has survived and is now privately owned. The brick shelter on the southbound side is one of only two still standing of that particular design (the other being at nearby Caergwrle).

Facilities

The station is an unstaffed halt with basic amenities only (CIS screens, waiting shelters and timetable poster boards on each platform). Step-free access is available to both sides, though the platform ramps are steep and the only means of access to platform 2 is via a barrow crossing (which should be used with care).

Services

The station sees an hourly service on weekdays (two-hourly in the evening and on bank holidays) southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Birkenhead and Liverpool via the Wirral Lines.

Sundays there are six trains (one train approximately every 2.5 hours) each way. Services for Shrewsbury and beyond can be caught by changing at Wrexham General.

Gallery

• 
  The Bidston-bound platform.
• 
  An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 arrives with a service to Wrexham.
• 
  An EWS Class 66 passes through the station with a freight service.
• 
  Class 37s at the station in 1986.

References

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

External links

• Train times and station information for Cefn-y-Bedd railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Gwersyllt		Transport for Wales Borderlands Line		Caergwrle