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Cefn-y-Bedd railway station

Coordinates: 53°05′56″N 3°01′52″W / 53.099°N 3.031°W / 53.099; -3.031
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Cefn-y-Bedd
General information
LocationFlintshire
Managed byArriva Trains Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCYB
History
Opened1 May 1866[1]
Original companyWrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
Pre-groupingGreat 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.

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.[2][3] The signal box was in use until 1945 and the goods yard closed on 14 May 1964.[3][2] The station became unstaffed in 1969, but the main building on the northbound side has survived and is now privately owned.[4] The brick shelter on the southbound side is one of only two still standing of that particular design (the other being at nearby Caergwrle).

Services

The station sees an hourly service on weekdays (two-hourly in the evening and on bank holidays)[5] southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Lines.

Sundays there are six trains (one train approximately every 2.5 hours) each way.

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

References

  1. ^ Butt 1995, p. 56.
  2. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 2013, map VIII
  3. ^ a b Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 20
  4. ^ The Borderlands Line - The View from the Train Penmorfa.com; Retrieved 8 August 2017
  5. ^ GB National Rail Timetable 15 May - 11 December 2016, Table 101

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)
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