Cefn railway station explained

Cefn
Status:Disused
Borough:Cefn Mawr, Wrexham
Country:Wales
Coordinates:52.9693°N -3.0697°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:2
Original:Shrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:12 October 1848
Events:Station opens as Rhosymedre[1]
Years1:July 1849
Events1:resited and named Cefn[2]
Years2:12 September 1960
Events2:Closed to passengers[3]

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.

Historical services

Express trains did not call at Cefn and the station would only have been served by West Midlands & Shrewsbury to Wrexham & Chester local trains.

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Notes and References

  1. p.56
  2. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 118
  3. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia