Place Abergele Station code AGL DfT category F1 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference SH946787 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales 2011/12 84,488 | |
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Address Pensarn, Abergele LL22 7PW, United Kingdom Original company Chester and Holyhead Railway Similar Rhyl railway station, Prestatyn railway station, Llandudno Junction railway st, Runcorn East railway st, Colwyn Bay railway station | ||
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.
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History
Opened as Abergele by the Chester and Holyhead Railway on 1 May 1848, 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 remained in use until early 2017 - it was decommissioned over the weekend of 8/9 January. The loop has now been lifted and the platform will be extended out to reach the remaining main line. A replacement bus service is being provided to Rhyl whilst the work is in progress, as westbound trains will not be able to call until the work is complete in mid-February.
Abergele train disaster
On 20 August 1868, 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. 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).