Cefn-y-Bedd railway station
Cefn-y-Bedd 
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| Location | |
| Place | Cefn-y-Bedd |
| Local authority | Flintshire |
| Grid reference | SJ310562 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | CYB |
| Managed by | Arriva Trains Wales |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 8,896 |
| 2012/13 |
 9,372 |
| 2013/14 |
9,388 |
| 2014/15 |
8,918 |
| 2015/16 |
7,810 |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 1 May 1866 |
| Original company | Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Great Central Railway |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Cefn-y-Bedd from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Cefn-y-bedd railway station serves the village of Cefn-y-bedd in Flintshire, Wales. The station is 4 miles (6 km) north of Wrexham General on the Borderlands Line.
The station used to have a 14-lever signal box to the north of the Bidston-bound platform, and a goods yard adjacent to the western side of the station. The signal box was in use until 1945 and the goods yard closed on 14 May 1964.
The station sees an hourly service on weekdays (two-hourly in the evening and on bank holidays) southbound to Wrexham Central and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Lines.
Sundays there are six trains (one train approximately every 2.5 hours) each way.
The Bidston-bound platform.
An Arriva Trains Wales Class 150 arrives with a service to Wrexham.
An EWS Class 66 passes through the station with a freight service.
Class 37s at the station in 1986.
Coordinates: 53°05′56″N 3°01′52″W / 53.099°N 3.031°W
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