Cefn-y-bedd railway station serves the village of
Cefn-y-bedd in
Flintshire
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Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
. The station is north of
Wrexham Central on the
Borderlands Line. It was opened in 1866 by the
Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
The Buckley Railway was opened from Buckley to a connection with the Chester to Holyhead main line on 7 June 1862, to convey coal and finished brickworks products from the Buckley area. Numerous short tramroads had existed in the area from the ...
, which later became part of the
Great Central Railway
The Great Central Railway in England was formed when the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway changed its name in 1897, anticipating the opening in 1899 of its London Extension. On 1 January 1923, the company was grouped into the ...
system.
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.
The signal box was in use until 1945 and the goods yard closed on 14 May 1964.
The station became unstaffed in 1969, but the main building on the northbound side has survived and is now privately owned. The brick shelter on the southbound side is one of only two still standing of that particular design (the other being at nearby ).
Facilities
The station is an unstaffed halt with basic amenities only (CIS screens, waiting shelters and timetable poster boards on each platform). Step-free access is available to both sides, though the platform ramps are steep and the only means of access to platform 2 is via a
barrow crossing
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(which should be used with care).
Services
The station sees an hourly service on weekdays (two-hourly in the evening and on bank holidays)
southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to
Bidston for connections to Birkenhead and Liverpool via the
Wirral Line
The Wirral line is one of two commuter rail routes operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern line.
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On Sundays there is a train every 90 minutes each way. Services for and beyond can be caught by changing at Wrexham General.
Gallery
Image:Cefn-y-bedd railway station (18).JPG, The Bidston-bound platform.
Image:Arriva Trains Wales Class 150, 150284, Cefn-y-bedd railway station (geograph 4025253).jpg, An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 arrives with a service to Wrexham.
Image:EWS Class 66, 66100, Cefn-y-bedd railway station (geograph 4025152).jpg, An EWS Class 66 passes through the station with a freight service.
Image:Cefn-y-Bedd station geograph-3103541-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, Class 37s at the station in 1986.
References
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External links
{{Flintshire railway stations
Railway stations in Flintshire
DfT Category F2 stations
Former Great Central Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1866
Railway stations served by Transport for Wales Rail
1866 establishments in Wales