Menai Bridge railway station

Menai Bridge railway station was situated 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Bangor, Gwynedd in Wales.

Menai Bridge
Houses near the site of the station in 2007
General information
LocationBangor, Gwynedd
Wales
Coordinates53°13′03″N 4°09′46″W / 53.2176°N 4.1629°W / 53.2176; -4.1629
Grid referenceSH556711
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyChester and Holyhead Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
Post-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway
Key dates
1 October 1858Opened[1]
14 February 1966Closed to passengers[1]
4 March 1968Closed for goods [1]

History

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Opened on 1 October 1858[2] it was a replacement for the earlier Britannia Bridge station,[3] named after the bridge of the same name which crosses the nearby Menai Strait a couple of hundred metres to the north.

The station was opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company at the point where the main Chester to Holyhead line met the Bangor and Carnarvon Railway. There were four platforms, two for each line and two which formed an Island platform. The main station building was a large brick built one whilst there was a brick waiting shelter on the island platform.[1]

Closure

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Treborth Business Park is standing on the site of former railway station

The station closed to passenger services on 14 February 1966.[4] In 1966 the Caernarfon line was switched to single track. On 4 August 1969 it closed to goods services. On 5 January 1970 the line also closed to passenger services. It was brought back into use for container traffic after 23 May 1970 Britannia Bridge fire. The bridge was repaired and re-opened on 30 January 1972.[5] After that date the Caernarfon line closed for good and was lifted. The North Wales Coast Line runs through the site of the station (and becomes single track there) but no visible remains of it can be seen.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Station Name: Menai Bridge". Disused Stations. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  2. ^ Treborth Botanic Gardens documents, mentioning the station opening on page 15 (archived copy)
  3. ^ "Station Name: Britannia Bridge". Disused Stations. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Reference to station closure on a file describing the route from Bangor to Holyhead (archived copy)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 May 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Britannia Bridge Blaze, 23 May 1970". 21 May 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2016.

Further reading

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Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Bangor
Line and station open
  London and North Western Railway
North Wales Coast Line
  Llanfairpwll
Line and station open
Disused railways
Terminus   London and North Western Railway
Bangor and Carnarvon Railway
  Treborth
Line and station closed