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Valley railway station

Valley National Rail
Welsh: Y Fali
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Location
Place Valley
Local authority Anglesey
Coordinates 53°16′52″N 4°33′47″W / 53.281°N 4.563°W / 53.281; -4.563Coordinates: 53°16′52″N 4°33′47″W / 53.281°N 4.563°W / 53.281; -4.563
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*
2011/12 Increase 17,676
2012/13 Increase 17,968
2013/14 Increase 18,236
2014/15 Decrease 16,660
2015/16 Decrease 16,006
History
October 1849 Station opened
14 February 1966 Station closed
15 March 1982 Station reopened
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* 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.

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.

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.



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