Ceint railway station

Disused railway station in Anglesey, Wales

53°14′58″N 4°15′58″W / 53.2495°N 4.2661°W / 53.2495; -4.2661Grid referenceSH488749Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyLondon and North Western RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates1 July 1908Opened[1]22 September 1930Closed[2]

Ceint railway station was a station in Anglesey, Wales situated on the Red Wharf Bay branch line between Holland Arms and Benllech. It was the first station after the line branched from the main Anglesey Central Railway. Opening in 1908 it was a very simple station with only one short 60 ft (18 m) platform on the Up (south-east) side and a wooden waiting hut. It was an unstaffed request stop with neither goods yard nor sidings.[3] Ordnance Survey maps show that this, along with the station next on the line Rhyd-y-Saint are two of the most remote on the island.

When the line closed to passengers in 1930 the station building was removed. Although the tracks were taken up in 1953 the platform itself is still visible from a nearby road bridge.[4]

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Holland Arms   Red Wharf Bay Branch   Rhyd-y-Saint

References

  1. ^ "Railway to Red Wharf Bay" (PDF). BBC. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Bygone Lines: the Red Wharf Bay Branch". London and North Western Railway Society. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  3. ^ Jones, Geraint: Anglesey Railways, page 81. Carreg Gwalch, 2005
  4. ^ Jones, Geraint: Anglesey Railways, page 103. Carreg Gwalch, 2005

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  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Bangor to Holyhead. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 114. ISBN 9781908174017. OCLC 795179106.
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