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Rhyl
(1848 - )
Rhyl station was opened to traffic on May 1 1848, being one of the original intermediate stations on the Chester and Holyhead Railway main line along the coast. Trains could run between Chester and Bangor
from the day the station opened, but it would be a further 2 years before the completion of the Britannia Bridge across the Menai Straits which allowed trains to run to and from Holyhead
A two platform station was provided with a main 2-storey building on the eastbound side. 10 years later it became a junction with the opening of a branch line to Denbigh (the Vale of Clwyd Railway) on October 5 1858
By 1900 the station at Rhyl was remodelled and enlarged as a result with the westbound platform re-located and widened into an island with an extra loop line on the south side, new bay platforms added with a large goods yard and a pair of non-platform lines laid in the centre of the station for use by non-stop trains. A covered footbridge was provided to link the platforms, along with extensive awnings to shelter passengers
In 1948 the Denbigh branch would see its service reduced and the Vale of Clwyd line eventually closed to passenger traffic in September 1955. Goods traffic would continue until the line's eventual closure to all traffic in March 1965
The site of the old platforms and goods yard have been redeveloped as a supermarket and associated car park
A two platform station was provided with a main 2-storey building on the eastbound side. 10 years later it became a junction with the opening of a branch line to Denbigh (the Vale of Clwyd Railway) on October 5 1858
By 1900 the station at Rhyl was remodelled and enlarged as a result with the westbound platform re-located and widened into an island with an extra loop line on the south side, new bay platforms added with a large goods yard and a pair of non-platform lines laid in the centre of the station for use by non-stop trains. A covered footbridge was provided to link the platforms, along with extensive awnings to shelter passengers
In 1948 the Denbigh branch would see its service reduced and the Vale of Clwyd line eventually closed to passenger traffic in September 1955. Goods traffic would continue until the line's eventual closure to all traffic in March 1965
The site of the old platforms and goods yard have been redeveloped as a supermarket and associated car park
