Holyhead railway station

Holyhead
Welsh: Caergybi
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Location
Place	Holyhead
Local authority	Anglesey
Coordinates
Grid reference	SH247822
Operations
Station code	HHD
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Owned by	Network Rail
Number of platforms	3
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.215 million
2005/06	0.202 million
2006/07	0.212 million
2007/08	0.209 million
2008/09	0.185 million
2009/10	0.186 million
2010/11	0.241 million
2011/12	0.242 million
2012/13	0.237 million
2013/14	0.233 million
History
Original company	Chester and Holyhead Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
1 August 1848 (1848-08-01)	First station opened
15 May 1851	Station resited
1 January 1866	Station resited
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Holyhead from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
UK Railways portal

Holyhead railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf reilffordd Caergybi) serves the Welsh town of Holyhead (Welsh: Caergybi) on Holy Island, Anglesey. The station is the western terminus of the North Wales Coast Line and is managed by Arriva Trains Wales. It connects with the Holyhead Ferry Terminal.

History

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Holyhead station in September 1967 under British Rail.

The first station in Holyhead was opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway on 1 August 1848, but this was replaced by the second on 15 May 1851.

The present station was opened by the London and North Western Railway on 17 January 1866 and still retains its overall roof. It originally had four platforms, but only three are currently in use, the track to the former platform three having been lifted.

Platform one on the western side of the station, is separated from the other two by the ferry terminal buildings and inner harbour and is the one normally used by Virgin Trains services to London Euston. Most Arriva Trains Wales services use platform two. Platform three is outside the train shed, and is only booked to be used by one train a day, the Premier Service to Cardiff Central.

A rail-served container terminal next to the station closed in 1991 when the traffic transferred to Liverpool. It has since been demolished and is now used as a car parking area for the Stena Line fast ferry service.

Passenger ships previously used to berth in the inner harbour next to Platform 1, this ceased when the port was reveloped. Stena Line built an administration building between platforms 1 and 2 in the early 1990s.

Services

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Stena House and Platform 2

Holyhead is served by a basic Arriva Trains Wales hourly service throughout the week (although less frequently on winter Sundays) to Shrewsbury with services continuing to Birmingham International and Cardiff Central on alternate hours. A few services operate to Manchester Piccadilly. Most Sunday services run to/from Crewe.

Virgin Trains operate services to London Euston via the West Coast Main Line (four each weekday, one on Saturdays and one on Sundays). Virgin also operate one train to Birmingham New Street and Crewe.

Holyhead station adjoins the Holyhead Ferry Port, with sailings to both Dublin and, formerly, to Dún Laoghaire (Ceased September 2014). It is connected to the town centre by a steel pedestrian/cycle bridge named The Celtic Gateway.

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Valley		Arriva Trains Wales North Wales Coast Line		Terminus
Bangor (Gwynedd)		Arriva Trains Wales North-South "Premier" service		Terminus
Bangor		Virgin Trains London Euston-Holyhead		Terminus
	Ferry services
Terminus		Irish Ferries Ferry		Dublin Port
Terminus		Stena Line Ferry		Dublin Port
	Disused railways
	Ferry services
Terminus		Stena Line (1996-2014) Ferry		Dun Laoghaire Mallin

The Celtic Gateway

The Celtic Gateway (Welsh: Porth Celtaidd) is a stainless steel pedestrian and cycle bridge located in Anglesey, Wales. Opened on 19 October 2006 by Andrew Davies AM to connect Holyhead's railway station and ferry terminal with the town centre,

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Train times and station information for Holyhead railway station from National Rail