Cefn-y-Bedd station

Cefn-y-bedd railway station serves the village of Cefn-y-bedd in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 4mi north of Wrexham General on the Borderlands Line. It was opened in 1866 by the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway, which later became part of the Great Central Railway system.HistoryThe station used to have a 14-lever signal box to the north of the Bidston-bound platform, and a goods yard adjacent to the western side of the station. The signal box was in use until 1945 and the goods yard closed on 14 May 1964. The station became unstaffed in 1969, but the main building on the northbound side has survived and is now privately owned. The brick shelter on the southbound side is one of only two still standing of that particular design.FacilitiesThe station is an unstaffed halt with basic amenities only . Step-free access is available to both sides, though the platform ramps are steep and the only means of access to platform 2 is via a barrow crossing .ServicesThe station sees an hourly service on weekdays southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Birkenhead and Liverpool via the Wirral Lines.Sundays there are six trains each way. Services for and beyond can be caught by changing at Wrexham General.