Cefn-y-Bedd railway station

Cefn-y-Bedd National Rail
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
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
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Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05  9,854
2005/06 Decrease 7,646
2006/07 Decrease 6,616
2007/08 Increase 7,795
2008/09 Increase 8,530
2009/10 Decrease 8,492
2010/11 Increase 9,284
2011/12 Decrease 8,896
2012/13 Increase 9,372
2013/14 Increase 9,388
2014/15 Decrease 8,918
History
Key dates Opened 1 May 1866[1] (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.
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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

References

  1. 1 2 Butt 1995, p. 56.
  2. 1 2 Mitchell & Smith 2013, map VIII
  3. 1 2 Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 20
  4. GB National Rail Timetable 19 May - 7 December 2013, Table 101

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External links

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Coordinates: 53°05′56″N 3°01′52″W / 53.099°N 3.031°W / 53.099; -3.031

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