Penyffordd railway station

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Penyffordd
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General information
Location Penyffordd, Flintshire
Wales
Coordinates 53°08′35″N3°03′18″W / 53.143°N 3.055°W / 53.143; -3.055
Grid reference SJ295611
Managed by Transport for Wales
Platforms2
Other information
Station codePNF
Classification DfT category F2
Key dates
1877 [1] Opened as Hope Junction [2]
1877Renamed as Penyffordd for Hope [2]
1 March 1913Renamed as Penyffordd for Leeswood [2]
1974Renamed as Penyffordd
Passengers
2019/20Increase2.svg 22,778
Hope   Great Central Railway
Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
  Hope Exchange

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References

  1. 1 2 Connections Between the WM&CQR and LNWR at Hope www.disused-stations.org.uk; Retrieved 2013-08-05
  2. 1 2 3 Mitchell & Smith 2013, fig. 31
  3. The Borderlands Line - Route Guide www.penmorfa.com; Retrieved 2013-08-05
  4. Mitchell & Smith 2013 , map XIII
  5. Disused Stations - Mold www.disused-stations.org; Retrieved 2013-08-05
  6. 1 2 3 Mitchell & Smith 2013 , fig. 29
  7. Mitchell & Smith 2013 , fig. 30
  8. Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine . 120 (879). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd: 363. ISSN   0033-8923.
  9. Penyfford station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  10. Table 101 National Rail timetable, Dec 2017

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