Llangefni railway station

Llangefni railway station once stood on Anglesey’s Anglesey Central Railway, a single-track line running from Gaerwen to Amlwch. The village of Llangefni, the island’s market town, lay at the heart of the line’s operations. A temporary station opened in 1864 while engineers finished a bridge and cutting through the town. The permanent station followed in 1866 once the track to Llanerchymedd passed inspection. Goods yards and cattle pens showed how the railway served local trade. The station had a two-storey building on the up side, a small waggon shed and a larger goods yard. In 1887 the London and North Western Railway took over and extended the platform. The line closed to passengers in 1964 under the Beeching Axe, though goods traffic continued until 1993. A gated livestock track once ran down the hill opposite the station, marked by a railway company plate still seen in the 1960s. Today the track remains in place, though sidings and loops have gone. The old goods yard is now a car park, and the station buildings are privately owned. Nearby Dingle nature reserve offers one of the best views of the surviving rails. A 2009 study looked at reopening the line to Bangor, but no business case has yet been made. A 2018 lorry strike on the A5114 bridge cut the route in two, removing the span and leaving the line mothballed.