Valley railway station

Valley
Welsh: Y Fali
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Location
Place	Valley
Local authority	Anglesey
Coordinates
Grid reference	SH291791
Operations
Station code	VAL
Managed by	Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	16,899
2005/06	16,326
2006/07	17,624
2007/08	18,703
2008/09	13,982
2009/10	15,156
2010/11	16,768
2011/12	17,676
2012/13	17,968
2013/14	18,236
History
October 1849	Station opened
14 February 1966	Station closed
15 March 1982	Station reopened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Valley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Valley railway station (Welsh: Gorsaf reilffordd y Fali) is a railway station that serves the village of Valley in Anglesey, Wales. It is the last station before the western terminus of the North Wales Coast Line at Holyhead. It also serves the nearby RAF base.

History

Opened in 1849, there was a small goods yard for livestock and a siding for a nearby corn mill. Improvements during the 19th century included extension to the station buildings in 1870 and lengthening of the platforms in 1889. In 1962 transfer sidings were put in place near the station used for the dispatch by rail of spent fuel from the Wylfa nuclear power station and in 1989 sidings for turning steam locomotives were put in place.

Services

There is a two-hourly weekday service in each direction from the station. Most eastbound trains run to Wrexham General, Shrewsbury and Birmingham International, although a small number run to either Crewe or Cardiff.

The Sunday service is limited (five each way) and runs mainly to/from Crewe with one service to Wrexham and Cardiff.

Trains only stop here on request.

External links

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

Preceding station		National Rail		Following station
Rhosneigr		Arriva Trains Wales North Wales Coast Line		Holyhead