Holland Arms railway station

53°13′44″N 4°17′31″W / 53.2288°N 4.2920°W / 53.2288; -4.2920Grid referenceSH470726Platforms2Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyAnglesey Central RailwayPre-groupingLondon and North Western RailwayPost-groupingLondon, Midland and Scottish RailwayKey dates12 March 1865Station opened1 July 1908Red Wharf Bay branch opened22 September 1930Red Wharf Bay branch closed to passengers3 April 1950Red Wharf Bay branch closed to freight4 August 1952Station closed to passengers and freight

Holland Arms railway station was situated on the Anglesey Central Railway line from Gaerwen to Amlwch. Located in the village of Pentre Berw it was known as Holland Arms because of the well known hotel of the same name in the village. It also served as the junction of the Red Wharf Bay branch line from 1908 onwards.^[1]

The original platform was on the Down (west) side of the track and had a wooden building containing a waiting room and ticket office on it. This was replaced by a stone building in 1882.^[1] There was also a small goods yard on the down side, just north of the platform. In 1908 to serve the new branch line a second platform with stone building was erected on the Up side (east).

When the Red Wharf Bay branch closed to all traffic in 1950, there was little traffic at Holland Arms, and the station closed in 1952, the first on the Anglesey Central line to do so.^[2] Only one platform survives and the station building survives too. The single track goes past the station, towards Gaerwen, one way, and Amlwch the other way.

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Gaerwen		Anglesey Central Railway		Llangefni
	Historical railways
Terminus		Red Wharf Bay Branch		Ceint

References

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Bangor to Holyhead. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 85–87. ISBN 9781908174017. OCLC 795179106.