Pentraeth railway station

Pentraeth railway station was situated on the Red Wharf Bay branch line between Holland Arms railway station and Benllech, the third station after the line branched from the main Anglesey Central Railway. Opening on 1 July 1908, a quarter of a mile out of the village it was one of the two largest stations on the line. On the Up (east) side of the line stood the 120 ft (37 m) platform with several associated huts. Unlike the previous two stations Ceint and Rhyd-y-Saint this was manned, albeit by a maximum of two staff at any one time.[3] There was also a small goods yard just south of the platform.

Pentraeth
Location	Pentraeth, Anglesey Wales
Coordinates	53.2810°N 4.2238°W
Grid reference	SH518783
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]

The station closed in 1930, the line closed completely in 1950 the track was removed in 1953 and the station building removed. There is no evidence of the station or goods yard left as the site has houses built upon it.[4]

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Rhyd-y-Saint		Red Wharf Bay Branch		Llanbedrgoch

References

1. "Railway to Red Wharf Bay" (PDF). BBC. 10 April 2006. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
2. "Bygone Lines: the Red Wharf Bay Branch". London and North Western Railway Society. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
3. Jones, Geraint: Anglesey Railways, page 82. Carreg Gwalch, 2005
4. Jones, Geraint: Anglesey Railways, page 104. Carreg Gwalch, 2005

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Bangor to Holyhead. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 116. ISBN 9781908174017. OCLC 795179106.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)