Holyhead railway station

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Holyhead

Caergybi

Location

Place

Holyhead

Local authority

Anglesey

Operations

Station code

HHD

Managed by

Arriva Trains Wales

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.215 million

2005/06 *

0.202 million

History

Key dates

Opened June 1880

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Holyhead from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

UK Railways Portal

Holyhead railway station serves the town of Holyhead (Welsh name: Caergybi) on Holy Island, Anglesey. It is the western terminus of the North Wales Coast Line.

There are frequent services to Chester via Bangor, Llandudno Junction, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, Prestatyn and Flint. There are also through services to London Euston, Cardiff Central, Crewe and Manchester Piccadilly. Holyhead station is linked to Holyhead Ferry Port, which offers several sailings daily to and from both Dublin and Dún Laoghaire. The fastest services between Dublin and London by fast ferry and train take under seven hours.

The first station in Holyhead was opened by the Chester and Holyhead Railway on August 1st 1848 but this was replaced by the second in September 1851. The present station was opened by the LNWR on June 17, 1880.

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Train times and station information for Holyhead railway station from National Rail

Preceding station		Following station
Valley	Arriva Trains Wales Crewe/Cardiff-Holyhead	Terminus
Bangor	Virgin Trains London Euston-Holyhead	Terminus
Terminus	Stena Line Ferry	Dun Laoghaire Mallin