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Cefn railway station

Coordinates: 52°58′09″N 3°04′11″W / 52.9693°N 3.0697°W / 52.9693; -3.0697
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Cefn
General information
LocationWrexham
Coordinates52°58′09″N 3°04′11″W / 52.9693°N 3.0697°W / 52.9693; -3.0697
Platforms2
History
Original companyShrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
12 October 1848Station opens[1]
12 September 1960Closed to passengers[1][2]

Cefn railway station was a minor railway station on the Great Western Railway's London to Birkenhead main line serving the mining village of Cefn Mawr in Wales. It had an adjacent signal box but the station seems not to have handled freight traffic. The remains of the station and yard area can be seen just to the north of Cefn Viaduct (also known as Dee Viaduct). Although the station is gone the railway remains open as part of the Shrewsbury to Chester Line.

Historical services

Express trains did not call at Cefn and the station would only have been served by West Midlands & Shrewsbury to Wrexham & Chester local trains.

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Whitehurst Halt   Great Western Railway
Shrewsbury to Chester Line
  Rhosymedre Halt

References

  1. ^ a b 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. p.56
  2. ^ Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5

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