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Valley
General information
Other namesTemplate:Lang-cy
LocationAnglesey
Managed byArriva Trains Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeVAL
Key dates
October 1849Station opened
14 February 1966Station closed
15 March 1982Station reopened

Valley railway station (Template:Lang-cy) is a railway station that serves the village of Valley in Anglesey, Wales. It is the last station before the western terminus of the North Wales Coast Line at Holyhead. It also serves the nearby RAF base.

History

Opened in 1849, there was a small goods yard for livestock and a siding for a nearby corn mill. Improvements during the 19th century included extension to the station buildings in 1870 and lengthening of the platforms in 1889. In 1962 transfer sidings were put in place near the station used for the dispatch by rail of spent fuel from the Wylfa nuclear power station and in 1989 sidings for turning steam locomotives were put in place.[1]

Services

There is a two-hourly weekday service in each direction from the station. Most eastbound trains run to Wrexham General, Shrewsbury and Birmingham International, although a small number run to either Crewe or Cardiff.[2]

The Sunday service is limited (five each way) and runs mainly to/from Crewe with one service to Wrexham and Cardiff.

Trains only stop here on request.

Preceding station   National Rail National Rail   Following station
Arriva Trains Wales

References

  1. ^ Jones, Geraint: Anglesey Railways, page 51. Carreg Gwalch, 2005
  2. ^ GB eNRT 2015-16 Edition, Table 81 (Network Rail)