Holland Arms railway station

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]

Holland Arms
Location
Place	Pentre Berw
Area	Anglesey
Coordinates	53.2288°N 4.2920°W / 53.2288; -4.2920
Grid reference	SH470726
Operations
Original company	Anglesey Central Railway
Pre-grouping	London and North Western Railway
Post-grouping	London, Midland and Scottish Railway
Platforms	2
History
12 March 1865	Station opened
1 July 1908	Red Wharf Bay branch opened
22 September 1930	Red Wharf Bay branch closed to passengers
3 April 1950	Red Wharf Bay branch closed to freight
4 August 1952	Station closed to passengers and freight
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z

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

1. Jones, Geraint (2005). Anglesey Railways. Carreg Gwalch.
2. Rear, W.G. (1994). Anglesey Branch Lines – Amlwch and Red Wharf Bay. Foxline.

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Bangor to Holyhead. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 85–87. ISBN 9781908174017. OCLC 795179106.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)