Abergele and Pensarn railway station

Not to be confused with Pensarn railway station.

Abergele and Pensarn
Location
Place	Abergele
Local authority	Conwy
Operations
Station code	AGL
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 *	59,504
2005/06 *	58,243
2006/07 *	62,799
2007/08 *	64,015
2008/09 *	70,296
2009/10 *	71,110
History
Original company	Chester and Holyhead Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
1 May 1848	Opened as Abergele
?	Renamed
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Abergele and Pensarn from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

The North Wales costal towns of Abergele and Pensarn are suburban in nature and are served by this station on the North Wales Coast Line.

Service

The station is served by an hourly service in each direction (weekday daytimes) on the Manchester to Llandudno route operated by Arriva Trains Wales and calling at Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Newton-le-Willows, Earlestown, Warrington Bank Quay, Runcorn East railway station, Frodsham, Helsby, Chester, Shotton, Flint, Prestatyn, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno Junction, Deganwy and Llandudno.

On Sundays, the service is provided by Holyhead to Crewe trains, which call hourly each way from late afternoon (only certain trains call during the morning & early afternoon, resulting in sizeable gaps in the timetable).

History

Opened as Abergele by the Chester and Holyhead Railway on 1 May 1848, it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station in 1962

When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways although Intercity Sector trains passed through on their way from London Euston and the Midlands to Holyhead.

The Privatisation of British Railways led to services being provided by Arriva Trains Wales.

The station had been the location of a Camping coach. It was originally served by loops off the main line in both directions, but the eastbound one was removed in the late 1980s and the main line realigned to pass through the platform. The westbound one is still in use however.

The Abergele Train Disaster

Main article: Abergele train disaster

On August 20, 1868 the Irish Mail collided with some goods wagons that had been left on the running line at Abergele and Pensarn station. The accident was, at the time, the worst railway disaster in Britain.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Rhyl		Arriva Trains Wales North Wales Coast Line		Colwyn Bay

External links

• Train times and station information for Abergele and Pensarn railway station from National Rail
• Abergele and Pensarn station on navigable O.S. map
• Picture [1]

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.