Bodorgan railway station

Bodorgan railway station serves the hamlet of Bodorgan and the village of Bethel on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. The stop is an unmanned halt, and serves as a request stop for Chester and Holyhead-bound local trains along the North Wales coast.

Bodorgan
Bodorgan Railway Station in December 2019
Location
PlaceBodorgan
Local authorityAnglesey
Coordinates53.204°N 4.418°W / 53.204; -4.418
Grid referenceSH386701
Operations
Station codeBOR
Managed byTransport for Wales
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryF2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 5,678
2015/16 5,316
2016/17 4,956
2017/18 5,552
2018/19 5,394
History
Key datesOpened October 1849 (October 1849)
Original companyChester and Holyhead Railway
Pre-groupingLondon and North Western Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Bodorgan from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

History
The station in June 1986

The station, which was originally to be called Trefdraeth, was opened in October 1849[1] and had a small signal box, a small goods yard and a water tower. The goods yard closed in December 1964 but the stationmaster's house remains (now in private use).[2] There are stone-built shelters on both platforms.

At around 05:00 am on 8 February 2011 an unnamed man was hit by a Holyhead-bound train near the station and died at the scene.[3]

Facilities

The station has the same range of amenities as others on this part of the line (CIS screens, timetable poster boards and a payphone). No ticketing facilities are available however, so these must be purchased in advance or on the train. Level access is available to both platforms, though platform 2 is only reachable by a barrow crossing and so care is advised when using it.[4]

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.[5]

The Sunday service is irregular (six westbound, seven eastbound) and runs mainly to/from Crewe, with one service to Wrexham and Cardiff.

Preceding station   National Rail   Following station
Transport for Wales Rail
North Wales Coast Line

References
  1. Butt 1995, p. 38.
  2. Jones, Geraint: Anglesey Railways, page 31. Carreg Gwalch, 2005
  3. Powell, David (8 February 2011). "Man dies after being hit by train on Anglesey". Daily Post. Conwy: Trinity Mirror North West & North Wales. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
  4. Bodorgan station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  5. Table 81 National Rail timetable, December 2018

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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.

Further reading
  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Bangor to Holyhead. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 42-46. ISBN 9781908174017. OCLC 795179106.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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