Anglesey Central Railway Amlwch. The railways arrived on Anglesey with the construction of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, of which the section from Llanfairpwll to Holyhead opened in 1848, two years before the Britannia Bridge was finished. The Chester and Holyhead railway surveyed a branch to Llangefni in 1852, but chose not to proceed. George Stephenson notably reported that the line was not worth building. The idea of a local railway was still of interest to the people of Anglesey. A public meeting was held in Llangefni on 5 July 1858, to popularise the idea of building a railway leaving the main line
Salt Island, Anglesey of rails were still to be found amongst the large boulders deposited as the foundations for the inner arm. In more recent times, starting in February 2001, the island was expanded into the sea by the process of land reclamation. In total was gained at a cost of £10 million. An average of 7,000 tonnes of rock and mud was extracted per day during the process. Salt Island is part of the port of Holyhead and almost the whole extent of the island is used as a passenger, car and freight terminal and berths for ferries to and from Ireland.