Ceint railway station explained

Ceint
Status:Disused
Borough:East of Llangefni, Anglesey
Country:Wales
Coordinates:53.2495°N -4.2661°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:London and North Western Railway
Pregroup:London and North Western Railway
Postgroup:London Midland and Scottish Railway
Years:1 July 1908
Events:Opened[1]
Years1:22 September 1930
Events1:Closed[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 60feet 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]

Further reading

Notes and References

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