Cefn railway station

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
LocationCefn Mawr, Wrexham
Wales
Coordinates52.9693°N 3.0697°W / 52.9693; -3.0697
Grid referenceSJ281418
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyShrewsbury, Oswestry and Chester Junction Railway
Pre-groupingGreat Western Railway
Post-groupingGreat Western Railway
Key dates
12 October 1848Station opens as Rhosymedre[1]
July 1849resited and named Cefn[2]
12 September 1960Closed to passengers[1][3]

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.

Neighbouring stations
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Whitehurst Halt   Great Western Railway
Shrewsbury to Chester Line		   Rhosymedre Halt

References
  1. 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
  2. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 118
  3. Clinker, C.R., (1978) Clinker’s Register of Closed Stations, Avon Anglia ISBN 0-905466-19-5

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2010). Shrewsbury to Chester. Middleton Press. figs. 51-52. ISBN 9781906008703. OCLC 495274299.


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