Cefn railway station was a minor railway station on the Great Western Railway's London to Birkenhead main line serving the mining village of Cefn Mawr in Wales. It opened as Rhosymedre in 1848 but was resited on an adjacent site in 1849 and named Cefn. It had an adjacent signal box but the station seems not to have handled freight traffic. The remains of the station and yard area can be seen just to the north of Cefn Viaduct (also known as Dee Viaduct). Although the station is gone the railway remains open as part of the Shrewsbury to Chester Line.
Cefn | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Cefn Mawr, Wrexham Wales |
| Coordinates | 52°58′09″N 3°04′11″W / 52.9693°N 3.0697°W |
| Grid reference | SJ281418 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Great Western Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 12 October 1848 | Station opens as Rhosymedre[1] |
| July 1849 | resited and named Cefn[2] |
| 12 September 1960 | Closed to passengers[1][3] |
Historical services
editExpress trains did not call at Cefn and the station would only have been served by West Midlands & Shrewsbury to Wrexham & Chester local trains.
Neighbouring stations
edit| Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehurst Halt | Great Western Railway Shrewsbury to Chester Line |
Rhosymedre Halt | ||
References
edit- ^ a b Butt, R. V. J. (October 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M. p.56
- ^ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 118
- ^ Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5
Further reading
edit- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Shrewsbury to Chester. Middleton Press. figs. 51-52. ISBN 9781906008703. OCLC 495274299.
External links
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