Filling time before a ferry from Holyhead I took a train to Bodorgan, which is definitely one of those stations in the middle of nowhere that serves a number of small settlements rather than one big town.
The station has a small car park with a disabled bay:
From the car park is a gated entrance to the platforms:
The entrance takes us on to platform 1, for trains back towards Bangor. Here we look east:
To our west is the station buiding which is no longer in railway use:
Nevertheless the old station building does still provide sheltered seating on platform 1:
Further west along platform 1 is a old-style sign:
Looking back along the platforms from near this sign:
Walking down towards the other end of platform 1 we encounter a planter showing the station is adopted and looked after by the ladies of Bodorgan WI:
The edge of platform 1 gives on to a gravel track:
At the eastern end of platform 1, looking towards the barrow crossing which both provides a connection between the two platforms and forms part of a public footpath:
The barrow crossing:
Platform 2 has a simple brick shelter:
On platform 2 looking east:
At the end of platform 2 looking west along the line:
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