Cefn-y-Bedd railway station
Cefn-y-Bedd  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Cefn-y-Bedd |
| Local authority | Flintshire |
| Grid reference | SJ310562 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CYB |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 9,284 |
| 2011/12 |
 8,896 |
| 2012/13 |
9,372 |
| 2013/14 |
9,388 |
| 2014/15 |
8,918 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 May 1866[1] |
| Original company | Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cefn-y-Bedd from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
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.
Gallery
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The Bidston-bound platform..jpg)
An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 arrives with a service to Wrexham..jpg)
Class 37s at the station in 1986.
References
- 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 56.
- 1 2 Mitchell & Smith 2013, map VIII
- 1 2 Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 20
- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable 15 May - 11 December 2016, Table 101
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. ISBN 9781908174475. OCLC 859543196.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Cefn-y-Bedd railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
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| Gwersyllt | Arriva Trains Wales Borderlands Line |
Caergwrle | ||
Coordinates: 53°05′56″N 3°01′52″W / 53.099°N 3.031°W
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