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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]

Services

The station sees an hourly service on weekdays (two-hourly in the evening and on bank holidays)[4] 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. ^ GB National Rail Timetable 19 May - 7 December 2013, 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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