Place Holyhead Station code HHD Owned by Network Rail Address Holyhead, United Kingdom Owner Network Rail | Grid reference SH247822 Managed by Arriva Trains Wales DfT category E Opened 1880 Number of platforms 3 | |
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Similar Rhosneigr railway station, Breakwater Country Park, Bangor (Gwynedd) railway st, Chester railway station, Wrexham General railway st | ||
Holyhead railway station anglesea
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.
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History
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 DMU services use platform two. Platform three is outside the train shed and is used by the early morning Premier Service to Cardiff Central, plus a few other trains at busy periods. There are carriage sidings and servicing facilities alongside platform one, whilst platform three also has an engine release line & run-round loop available.
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 ferry service.
Passenger ships previously used to berth in the inner harbour next to Platform 1, this ceased when the port was re-developed. Stena Line built an administration building between platforms 1 and 2 in the early 1990s.
Services
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. Two services operate to & from Manchester Piccadilly on weekdays only. Most Sunday services run to/from Crewe.
Virgin Trains operate services to London Euston via the West Coast Main Line (four each way, including 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, until September 2014, to Dún Laoghaire. It is connected to the town centre by a steel pedestrian/cycle bridge named The Celtic Gateway.
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,