Abergele & Pensarn railway station
Abergele & Pensarn  | |
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| Welsh: Abergele a Phen-sarn | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Abergele |
| Local authority | Conwy |
| Grid reference | SH946787 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | AGL |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2010/11 |
 76,650 |
| 2011/12 |
84,488 |
| 2012/13 |
 81,476 |
| 2013/14 |
81,152 |
| 2014/15 |
73,642 |
| History | |
| Original company | Chester and Holyhead Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
| 1 May 1848 | Opened as Abergele |
| ?[1] | Renamed |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Abergele & Pensarn from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
 UK Railways portal | |
Abergele & Pensarn railway station on the North Wales Coast Line serves the North Wales town of Abergele. It is located in the coastal suburb of Pensarn.
History
Opened as Abergele by the Chester and Holyhead Railway on 1 May 1848,[1] it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway during the Grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the London Midland Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.
When Sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Regional Railways although Intercity Sector trains passed through on their way from London Euston and the Midlands to Holyhead.
The Privatisation of British Railways led to services being provided by Arriva Trains Wales.
The station had been the location of a Camping coach. It was originally served by loops off the main line in both directions, but the eastbound one was removed in the late 1980s and the main line realigned to pass through the platform. However, the westbound one is still in use.
Abergele train disaster
On 20 August 1868,[2] the Irish Mail collided with some runaway goods wagons which had been left on the running line between Abergele and Pensarn & Llandulas stations. The accident was, at the time, the worst railway disaster in Britain.
Services
The station is served by an hourly service in each direction (weekday daytimes) on the Manchester to Llandudno route operated by Arriva Trains Wales and calling at Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road, Newton-le-Willows, Earlestown, Warrington Bank Quay, Runcorn East railway station, Frodsham, Helsby, Chester, Shotton, Flint, Prestatyn, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno Junction, Deganwy and Llandudno.[3] A few services between Crewe/Birmingham International/Cardiff Central and Holyhead also call at peak periods and in the late evening.
On Sundays, the service is provided by Holyhead to Crewe trains, which call hourly each way from late afternoon (only certain trains call during the morning & early afternoon, resulting in sizeable gaps in the timetable).
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhyl | Arriva Trains Wales North Wales Coast Line |
Colwyn Bay | ||
References
External links
- Train times and station information for Abergele & Pensarn railway station from National Rail
- Abergele and Pensarn station on navigable O.S. map
Sources
- Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
Coordinates: 53°17′42″N 3°34′59″W / 53.295°N 3.583°W