Connah's Quay railway station

Connah's Quay
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 / 53.2214; -3.0610
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 the town of Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales on the south bank of the canalised section of the River Dee.

History

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]

References

1. "Station Name: Connahs Quay". Disused Stations. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
2. Key dates of the railway in the National Archives
3. A Ministry of Transport report on the blaze
4. A North Wales rail website

Further reading

• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2011). Chester to Rhyl. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 39-43. ISBN   9781906008932. OCLC   795178960.
• Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2013). Wrexham to New Brighton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 43-47. ISBN   9781908174475. OCLC   859543196.

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Flint Line and station open		London and North Western Railway North Wales Coast Line		Shotton Line and station open
Terminus		Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway Buckley Railway		Buckley Line closed, station open