Opened 1 August 1862 by the
London and North Western Railway, it was served by what is now the
North Wales Coast Line between
Chester, Cheshire and
Holyhead,
Anglesey. Initially known as
Llandulas station, it was changed to Llysfaen in 1889 when
a new station, was built nearer
Llanddulas. A basic
signal box was built near the station. This helped to control traffic in and out of the
sidings used by
Imperial Chemical Industries to serve its nearby quarry. It was improved to a brick building in 1870 and further improved in 1902. In 1868 the LNWR was criticised by the
Board of Trade during their report following the
Abergele rail disaster. Two uncontrolled
goods wagons left the sidings at Llysfaen and were struck by the
Prince of Wales locomotive which was hauling several carriages near
Abergele. The report read:
"Llysfaen sidings had never been inspected by a Government official or been approved by the Board of Trade. They were quite unfit to be used at the same time to support the quarry operations and to accommodate slow trains allowing expresses to pass them." There were two
platforms at the station connected by a ground level
barrow crossing over the tracks. The main station building was located on the
up line (eastbound) whilst the
down line platform had a small shelter. The station was closed on 5 January 1931 and the signal box was taken out of action in 1983 following the closure of the sidings. Only a few remains of the platforms can be seen. ==References==