Rhosneigr railway station serves the village of
Rhosneigr
Rhosneigr (; ) is a village in the south-west of Anglesey, north Wales. It is situated on the A4080 road some 10 km south-east of Holyhead, and is on the Anglesey Coastal Path. From the clock at the centre of the village can be seen RAF V ...
on the isle of
Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
, off the coast of north
Wales
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. The unstaffed
station is managed by
Transport for Wales Rail
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, who also operate all trains that serve it.
History
The station was opened in May 1907,
much later than the other Anglesey stations on the
North Wales Coast Line. It was closed between 1 January 1917 and 1 February 1919
as an economy measure during
World War I
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. Unlike the other stations it has neither
sidings or a
goods yard
A goods station (also known as a goods yard or goods depot) or freight station is, in the widest sense, a railway station where, either exclusively or predominantly, goods (or freight), such as merchandise, parcels, and manufactured items, are l ...
. The station buildings were originally made of wood but in 1953 they were replaced by
concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) over time. Concrete is the second-most-used substance in the world after water, and is the most wid ...
structures. Of these, the structure on platform one remains whilst the one on platform two has been replaced by a metal and plastic
bus stop-style shelter. The
station master's house still stands but is a private dwelling.
[Jones, Geraint: ''Anglesey Railways'', page 31. Carreg Gwalch, 2005]
Facilities
There are no ticketing facilities of any kind here, so tickets must be bought prior to travel or on the train. The station does though have digital CIS displays to provide train running information, along with a pay phone and timetable poster boards. Although there is step-free access to each side, the paths to each platform are steep and not made up, so are unsuitable for wheelchair users.
Services
There is a roughly two-hourly weekday service in each direction from the station (with some extra morning and evening trains), plus a limited Sunday service (six to Holyhead, seven toward Chester). Most eastbound trains run to
Wrexham General
Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the county o ...
,
Shrewsbury and , although a few services run to either
Crewe or
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
.
Trains stop on request.
References
Further reading
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External links
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