Buckley railway station

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Buckley National Rail
Buckley
Location
Place Buckley
Local authority Flintshire
Operations
Station code BCK
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 2
Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2004/05 * 40,381
2005/06 * 33,887
2006/07 * 36,328
2007/08 * 40,658
2008/09 * 43,186
2009/10 * 48,364
History
Original company Wrexham, Mold and Connah's Quay Railway
Pre-grouping Great Central Railway
31 March 1890[1] Opened as Buckley Junction
6 May 1974[1] Renamed
National Rail - UK railway stations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Buckley from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.
The station in 1961

Buckley railway station serves the town of Buckley in Flintshire, Wales.

The station is 14 km (8½ miles) north of Wrexham Central on the Borderlands Line.

The station was known as Buckley Junction until 6 May 1974, when it became Buckley.[2]

Contents

[edit] Services

The station is served by an hourly service southbound to Wrexham General and northbound to Bidston for connections to Liverpool via the Wirral Lines.

Sundays there is generally a two-hourly service in each direction.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Butt 1995, p. 47.
  2. ^ Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine (London: IPC Transport Press Ltd) 120 (879): 363. ISSN 0033-8923. 

[edit] Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

[edit] External links

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Penyffordd   Arriva Trains Wales
Borderlands Line
  Hawarden

Coordinates: 53°09′47″N 3°03′22″W / 53.163°N 3.056°W / 53.163; -3.056


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