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.
Ceint | |
|---|---|
 The platform and trackbed in 2009 | |
| General information | |
| Location | East of Llangefni, Anglesey Wales |
| Coordinates | 53°14′58″N 4°15′58″W / 53.2495°N 4.2661°W |
| Grid reference | SH488749 |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | London and North Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 1 July 1908 | Opened[1] |
| 22 September 1930 | Closed[2] |
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
edit- ^ "Railway to Red Wharf Bay" (PDF). BBC. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Bygone Lines: the Red Wharf Bay Branch". London and North Western Railway Society. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Jones, Geraint: Anglesey Railways, page 81. Carreg Gwalch, 2005
- ^ Jones, Geraint: Anglesey Railways, page 103. Carreg Gwalch, 2005
Further reading
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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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