Connah's Quay | |
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![]() Holyhead main line near site of Connah's Quay station, Photo from 1994 | |
General information | |
Location | Connah's Quay, Flintshire Wales |
Coordinates | 53°13′17″N3°03′40″W / 53.2214°N 3.0610°W |
Grid reference | SJ291699 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Chester and Holyhead Railway |
Pre-grouping | London and North Western Railway |
Post-grouping | London, Midland and Scottish Railway |
Key dates | |
1 September 1870 | Opened [1] |
14 February 1966 | Closed [1] |
Connah's Quay railway station was a railway station located to the north of Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales on the south bank of the canalised section of the River Dee.
Opened on 1 September 1870 as part of the Chester and Holyhead Railway (now the North Wales Coast Line), [1] the station had two platforms linked by a footbridge. The down platform contained the two storey station building where the ticket office and waiting rooms were located. The opposite platform had only a basic waiting shelter. From its opening day to 1904 it formed a terminus of the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway. [2]
One incident of note in the station's history occurred just before it closed down. On 29 August 1965 a diesel unit train caught fire, injuring nine passengers and the three crew members. [3] Goods services were halted on 1 November 1952 and the station was closed fully on 14 February 1966. [4]
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Hope Exchange railway station was located to the west of Penyffordd, Flintshire. The station was in fields with no road access, being an interchange between two lines. The high level section of the station opened on 18 November 1867 on the Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway, and the low level section opened on the same day, on the London and North Western Railway. The high level platforms served what is now the Borderlands Line, and the low level platforms served the Mold Railway. The railway line to Hope Low Level was completely removed by 1982. The railway through Hope High Level remains in use as the Borderlands Line. The platforms on the Borderlands Line are still extant whereas the Mold Line ones have been demolished.
Preceding station | Historical railways | Following station | ||
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Flint Line and station open | London and North Western Railway North Wales Coast Line | Shotton Line and station open |