Hope Exchange railway station

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Hope Exchange
Name-board at Hope Exchange High Level, 1948 (geograph 5159337).jpg
Name-board at Hope Exchange High Level, 1948
General information
Location Penyffordd, Flintshire
Wales
Coordinates 53°08′50″N3°03′17″W / 53.1472°N 3.0548°W / 53.1472; -3.0548 Coordinates: 53°08′50″N3°03′17″W / 53.1472°N 3.0548°W / 53.1472; -3.0548
Grid reference SJ296616
Platforms4
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company WM&CQR (High Level)
LNWR (Low Level)
Pre-grouping GCR (High Level)
LNWR (Low Level)
Post-grouping LNER (High Level)
LMS (Low Level)
Key dates
18 November 1867High Level opened as Hope Junction
Low Level opened as Hope Passenger Exchange
c. 1878Renamed as Hope Exchange
29 March 1890High level line doubled, high level station rebuilt
7 November 1953Renamed as Hope High Level and Hope Low Level
1 September 1958Closed

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, [1] and the low level section opened on the same day, on the London and North Western Railway. [2] 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.

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References

  1. "Station Name: Hope High Level Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  2. "Station Name: Hope Low Level Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

Further reading

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Penyffordd
Line and station open
  Great Central Railway
Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
  Buckley
Line and station open
Hope & Pen-y-ffordd
Line and station closed
  London and North Western Railway
Mold Railway
  Padeswood and Buckley
Line and station closed